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JOHAN HEINRICH MERTZ AND HIS DESCENDANTS

This is one of eight “original ancestor” books that comprise the Mærtz Hierarchical Project. Mærtz is used to encompass persons named Mertz and Martz (and occasional other spelling variations).

Hierarchical Project describes a designation system wherein immigrants of this name are given one letter designations — Johan Heinrich is H— and each male descendant of up to possibly six generations is given a 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 character designation code which indicates the exact way in which that descendant relates back to the original ancestor.

For example: H2a4b1 would be the first son (1) of the second son (b) of the fourth son (4) of the first son (a) of the second son (2) of Henry (H).

A project like this needs to have some limits and the general limits in this project are it covers males born before 1850 who then appeared by 1880 as head of household in their own right in Census.

The persons so designated are covered in this book sequentially — that is to say all persons whose designation is or starts with H1 follow H and come before H2. All persons whose designation is or starts with H2 come before H3. And so forth.

For more information on the Mærtz Hierarchical Project or to learn more about the other seven original ancestors, go to:

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Please feel free to build on anything you learn from my work. Please do not cut and paste my full narrative on individuals covered herein.

Copyright 1 Jan 2020 by Oakey Mertz, All rights reserved.

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Name: John Henry (Johan Heinrich) Mertz (H)1,2,3,4 ————————————————————————— Birth: 3 Dec 1709 Germany Birth Memo: (Baptized 3 Dec 1709 likely very soon after his birth, cenotaph says 1708) Death: 1788 Northampton Co, PA5 Death Memo: (Will written 20 Jun 1786, proved 31 Mar 1788) Father: Johan Henrich Mertz (1675-1750) Mother: Gretlies Poth (1676-)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation Johan Heinrich Mertz (hereinafter John Henry) was an important man. We know a lot about him from American records. He arrived America in 1737, settled in Rockland Township, Berks County and founded, gave the land for and was the namesake of Mertz Church. He had many descendants, now widespread across America, but including some of whom to this day still live in Berks County.

But now, after much work and assistance from many different persons, I am convinced that we can definitively say where he came from in Germany and that we know a good deal about his German family and ancestors. John Henry Mertz, founder of Mertz Church, was the son of Johan Henrich Mertz of Frankenhausen, Germany. Frankenhausen can be considered John Henry’s ancestral home. Descendants of his father still live there today. The evidence for all of this started out as circumstantial but has been solidified over time piece by piece.

A large, modern cenotaph that honors John Henry Mertz can be found at Mertz Church. It says he was born in 1708, though I have never seen any basis for how anyone could know that from American records. Perhaps there was some document someone once found that I’m not aware of that stated his age at some point in time.

From the time I first began to research the life of John Henry Mertz in about 2001, I have always wondered whether he was possibly related to Jost Mertz and/or Johannes Mertz, two other Berks County immigrants with the same surname. Those two came to America a decade or so later than John Henry but fairly quickly made their way directly to Mertz Church. Jost in particular died young and soon after it seemed that his surviving family and John Henry and his sons became quite close. From American ship passenger lists, Jost came in 1748.

But that was nothing but speculation on my part, until, in 2009, I heard from a German woman named Christiane Mertz who told me that Jost Mertz was a long lost family member of the large Mertz family that now lives in Frankenhausen and a key thing the German family knew about him was that he emigrated to America in 1748. It sure seemed that their long lost Jost must indeed be Jost of Mertz Church.

Additional circumstantial evidence was that Jost, according to those same German records, had an older brother named Johan Heinrich, born in 1709. The German records said nothing more about him. For some of his brothers, they knew who they married and when and could track their children as they lived their life in Germany, for Jost they knew only he went to America and about John Henry, nothing. It was easy to guess therefore that John Henry and Jost were brothers.

DNA has now provided even more evidence of this speculation. The y-chromosone DNA (which passes from father to son) of known descendants of John Henry matches that of a

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known descendant of Jost. The match is close enough that, scientifically, there is a high probability they these modern persons shared a common male Mertz ancestor within less than, say, 10 generations.

In other words, the DNA strongly suggests that John Henry and Jost were closely related and combined with the American evidence and the German evidence of what we know about these two men, the conclusion that they were brothers is inescapable.

And then final proof of all of this came in 2017 when a man named Dan Goebel wrote me to say he had found the baptism records of both Johan Heinrich and Johan Jost Mertz — both sons of Johan Heinrich Merz (or Mertz) — in the records of the Ober-Ramstadt church that served Frankenhausen at the time. Johan Jost was baptized the same day he was born. That may or may not be true of Johan Henrich but all we really know is he was baptized 3 Dec 1709. But I strongly suspect he was born not very long at all before that date.

John Henry was an original American ancestor of many people and he is designated H. This “book” is devoted to his descendants. A separate book is devoted to his brother Jost (designated Y) and his descendants.

For more information on the ancestors of John Henry and Jost, see either my full database or a white paper on the Frankenhausen family — both on my website:

https://www.mertzgenealogy.com/mertz_origins.html Discrepancies Because of the totally erroneous research of early genealogists about the origins of their Mertz or Martz ancestors who came from Berks County to Northumberland County in the late 1780’s, many people believe ERRONEOUSLY that they descend from John Henry. If their ancestry traces to a Mertz or Martz present in Northumberland County before about 1830, they absolutely do not.

The fact that so many people erroneously believe they descend from him even though they in fact descend from John David Mertz was not John Henry’s fault. So it is appropriate that he was honored with the large monument erected at Mertz Church naming him as the founder and identifying the names of his wife and children.

My only question is: who paid for that monument, who was the driving force behind it? I truly believe it was some of the Northumberland Mertzes, perhaps my line, none of whom were actually descendants of John Henry. They had the mistaken belief that they were his descendants and were quite active in genealogy. I think they erected that big monument for him.

In any event, everything on the monument is accurate. His sons are named but there is no indication that they mistakenly believed several had gone to Northumberland County.

All narrative and commentary © 2020 Oakey Mertz. All rights reserved.

Relocated and Census Tracking IMMIGRANT. John Henry Mertz arrived America on the ship St Andrew Galley 26 Sep 1737.

He died just a little before the 1790 Census. He was mentioned on Berks County tax records in Rockland Township. On a 1773 deed, though, whereby he passed his land, including that reserved for Mertz Church and its cemetery, to son Jacob, he said he was a resident of Salisbury Township, Northampton County.

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When he wrote his will in 1786, he said he was a resident of Rockland Township, Berks County but then when he died his will was probated in Northampton County. He seemed to have been moving back and forth between those two places. Several of his sons, as well as several of Jost’s, were also in Northampton County by the 1780’s.

Death and Find-a-Grave The will of Henry Mertz, dated 20 Jun 1786 proved 31 Mar 1788 in Northampton County, says at the time of writing it he was a resident of Rockland Township, Berks County. He mentioned son Henry who was to only get 20 shillings and then, as transcribed in the registrar’s book, it says his estate was to be divided among his nine other children: “Philip, William, J George, George Henry, John Jacob and Catharina intermarried to Conrad Repp and Maria intermarried to Peter Fink.” That’s seven named children not nine.

Patty Mertz wrote the Registrar of Northampton Wills and got the actual will. That sentence actually reads "Remainder of estate shall be equally divided to and among my children hereinafter named in equal shares to wit: Philip Mertz, William Mertz, John Jacob Mertz, Catharina Roerig Widdow, Rosina Intermarried to Jacob Seib, Eva Catharina Intermarried to Conrad Repp, J. George Mertz, George Henry Mertz, and Maria Intermarried to Peter Fink. In nine equal shares and portions share and share alike”.

That explains everything.

There is a memorial for John Henry on find-a-grave. It is not totally accurate but nothing too egregious is said there. Known Daughters Anna Rosina was listed as Anna Rosina on the Mertz Church monument that honors John Henry and his family and named in her father’s will as Rosina intermarried with Jacob Seib. She and her husband worshipped later at the same church where Rosina’s brother, Heinrich, worshipped in Allen Township, Northampton County. Two baptisms there tell the story — in one Rosina and Jacob sponsored a baptism of a child of Heinrich snd Elisabeth, in the other Heinrich and Elisabeth were the sponsors and Rosina and Jacob the parents. It is the close connection between Rosina and Heinrich which helps prove, in my opinion, that I am correct that Heinrich of Allen Township was indeed the sons of John Henry.

Eva Catharina was listed on the Mertz Church monument that honors John Henry and his family and named in her father’s will as Eve Catharina intermarried with Conrad Repp. She and Conrad moved to Pottsville, Schuylkill County. Maria Elisabetha was listed on the Mertz Church monument that honors John Henry and his family and also named in her father’s will, though she was named simply Maria. She married Peter Fink. They moved to Northampton County and worshipped at the Jerusalem Church where her brother George Henry and his family also worshipped.

Maria Catharina Mertz was listed on the Mertz Church monument that honors John Henry and his family. She was the widow named Catharina Roerig in her father’s will. I believe her husband was Conrad Roerig.

Known Sons I have worked with several descendants of John Henry Mertz to establish the names of his children. There are three lists to work from: the monument erected long after his death at Mertz Church, fairly complete church records of the Mertz Church relating to baptisms, and

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John Henry’s will. Each list varies slightly in how certain children were named, but we believe we have sorted things out.

His sons were:

H1 John Philip born 1738 H2 John Wilhelm born 1739 H3 John Jacob born 1741 H4 Heinrich born 1749 H5 John George born 1752 H6 George Heinrich born 1755

————————————————————————— Spouse: Anna Maria Rosemann4 ————————————————————————— Birth: 1715 Birth Memo: (Dan Goebel, consistent with Alfred Schafer?) Death: aft 5 Nov 1780 Father: George Rosemann Mother: Anna Sabina Winterstein

Parent-Proof In his biography of my ancestor, Philip Mertz of Freeburg, (now) Snyder County, PA, Charles A Fisher (a noted local genealogist) says that Philip was the son of John Henry and Anna Maria (Rossman) Mertz and that Anna Maria was the daughter of Jacob and Anna Magdalena (Scheur) Rossman. But there are two huge errors in that one sentence!

1. Philip Mertz of Freeburg was NOT the son of John Henry Mertz of Rockland Township, Berks County, he was in fact the son of Peter Mertz of Longswamp Township, Berks County. John Henry did have a son named Philip, but he never lived anywhere but Berks County. I have known for a long time that the two Philip’s had been confused by many early genealogists. I was actually one of the first people to document how it could be known which was which.

2. And it turns out Anna Maria Rossman (or Rosemann) was not the daughter of Jacob and Magdalena, though I mistakenly believed she was for a long time.

It also turns out I had assembled the right facts but I made a bad assumption along the way — in part, I think, because what Charles Fisher said about Anna Maria’s parents seemed to fit the facts.

The facts show that Anna Maria was not the only Rosemann to be named in the records of Mertz Church or to be named in other records which suggest an association with John Henry Mertz. Consider:

• A man named Jacob Rosemann arrived America on the same ship as John Henry in 1737.

• Jacob Rosemann was a named sponsor at Mertz Church in 1741 at the baptism of Johann Jacob Mertz, son of John Henry and Anna Maria. The other sponsor at this baptism was Magdalena Scheur(in).

• At Oley Church in 1755, Jacob Rosemann and Anna Appolonia baptized daughter Anna Elisabetha Margaretha. She was born 7 Dec 1755 and baptized 16 Apr 1756.

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• The will of Jacob Roseman of Berks County was written 9 Sep 1756 and proved 12 Oct 1756. He mentioned son Jacob, wife Annapolia and brother-in-law Henry Mertz. [So, Jacob who died in 1756 was the brother of Anna Maria (Rosemann) Mertz.]

• Jacob Rosemann with wife, Sybilla, baptized several children at Mertz Church starting in 1767.

So I always believed that there was evidence of three men named Jacob Rosemann — father, son, grandson — known by the names of their three wives: Magdalena Scheur, Anna Appolonia and Sybilla, respectively. I believed the elder Jacob was the ship passenger in 1737 and that he came with his wife Magdalena and children including son Jacob and daughter Anna Maria who would marry John Henry Mertz.

Dan Goebel has convinced me, though, there were only two (relevant) men named Jacob Rosemann, that the ship passenger was in fact Anna Maria’s brother. It caused me to re-examine the records of Mertz Church and I realized my mistake.

• Often in those records, the parents of a child were named in the form husband’s name, wife’s maiden name. So we find the names Johan Henrich Mertz and Ana Maria Rossman(in) quite often as a married couple as they baptized their many children.

• But not so the names of sponsors. In the case of sponsors, the format was, for example, Johan Henrich Mertz and wife Anna Maria. And if it was two single people, then the names would be given, as they were in one instance, Jacob Rosemann and Magdalena Scheur(in).

• The point is that Jacob Rosemann (Anna Maria’s brother) never married Magdalena Scheur, he only was once listed as a baptism sponsor with her. He did marry Anna Appolonia.

Dan Goebel’s research shows that both Jacob and Anna Maria were children of Johann Georg Roßmann (1674-1744) and Anna Sabina Winterstein (1685-1744). Jacob was born in 1702, Anna Maria in 1715. When Dan told me that, I realized I already knew George Rosemann as the father of Anna Catharina Rosemann who married Johan Nicholas Mertz and the great-grandfather of Anna Benigna Rosemann who married Johan Adam Mertz. I had learned about all these other people from my work on John Henry’s ancestral family of Frankenhausen, Germany.

What is clear is that the Rosemann family of Mertz Church came from the exact same area of Germany as the Mertz family of Mertz Church and the two families obviously knew each other well. In fact, I now think we can rule out that John Henry and Anna Maria just happened to meet on the ship — they most certainly all knew each other back in Frankenhausen. And now the question is: Did they marry in Germany prior to their departure, or did they leave Germany with the intent to marry upon arrival in America and travelled together for that reason?

Dan Goebel believes they married once in America but likely had every intent to do so when they left Germany. I have no argument with that belief.

All narrative and commentary © 2020 Oakey Mertz. All rights reserved. Find-a-Grave Evelyn Guldner points out that the last mention of Anna Maria was 5 Nov 1780 at the baptism of her granddaughter Anna Maria, daughter of Jacob and Catharina. She was not

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mentioned in her husband’s 1786 will so we can bracket her date of death as between 1780 and 1786.

There is a memorial for her on find-a-grave.

Sources 1. Published Book. Author: IBID. Strassburger. “PA German Pioneers”. John Henry Mertz on board 26 Sep 1737, St Andrew Galley. 2. Published Family Histories. “The History of a Martz Family in America,” Author: Evelyn Martz Guldner, Repository: DAR, Evelyn was very thorough, much of what I show in my database about JHM’s descendants comes from her, but she did make some mistakes. 3. Published Family Histories. “Die Familie Schafer - Mertz,” Author: Alfred Schafer, Repository: LDS Film 1600153, Written 1977, Based on the work of Dr. Wendell Mertz, Documents ancestors of Marie Mertz (1874-1958) back to Antonius, including Johan Henrich (1675-1750) father of emigrants John Henry and Jost Mertz. 4. Church Records: IBID. Moselem Lutheran, John Henry Mertz ux Ana Maria sponsor a baptism 28 Sep 1747. 5. Specific LDS Film 946457, Wills, Books 1-3, Northampton County , Henry Mertz will written 20 Jun 1786 proved 31 Mar 1788.

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Name: Johann Philip Mertz (H1)1,2,3,4 ————————————————————————— Birth: 14 Oct 1738 Rockland Twp, Berks Co, PA Birth Memo: (Mertz Church baptism) Death: abt 1815 Maxatawny Twp, Berks Co, PA Death Memo: (last named at Mertz Church in 1812) Father: John Henry (Johan Heinrich) Mertz (H) (3 Dec 1709-1788) Mother: Anna Maria Rosemann (~1715-> 5 Nov 1780)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation Johann Philip Mertz born 14 Oct 1738 was baptized at Mertz Church 25 Oct son of Johann Heinrich and Ana Maria (Rosemann) Mertz. He was listed on the Mertz Church monument that honors John Henry and his family and he was also named in his father’s will.

Philip is designated H1, the oldest son of the immigrant John Henry (H).

Discrepancies A man named Philip Mertz died in Northumberland County, PA in late 1803. From his will, it was clear that he had grown children, suggesting he was, say 60-70 years of age. Local genealogists also knew that he had come to Northumberland County from Berks County in about 1785. And so decades ago, before anyone had access to all the computerized church, tax and other genealogical records that exist now, the first place they thought to look in Berks County for record of this man was Mertz Church. And there they found this man, John Philip born 14 Oct 1738, son of John Henry Mertz. And so they, and subsequently hundreds of other so called genealogists who have merely copied their work without any thought as to its accuracy, give that birth date and that father to Philip of Northumberland County.

POPPYCOCK. With a little work, anyone who now does have access to all those computerized records can easily determine that John Philip Mertz born 1738 son of John Henry lived his life in Berks County, never far from Mertz Church. He married Catharina Quirin and with her baptized many children there in the 1760’s to 1780’s and was still there to stand as sponsor, with Catharina, at baptisms of grandchildren in 1796, 1803 and 1812. He can be found on tax records and in the 1790, 1800 and 1810 Census in Maxatawny Township.

It is also easy to find record of a different man, also named Philip Mertz, who was named with wife Eva many times at the Longswamp Reformed Church in Longswamp Township. They baptized children there in the 1770’s and early 1780’s and he was named in early tax records of Longswamp Township. And then he disappeared from those records only to pop up in Northumberland County with wife Eva and children whose names matched the ones they baptized together.

John Philip Mertz never lived anywhere but Berks County.


Relocated and Census Tracking 1779. Pennsylvania Septennial Census. Philip Mertz, Maxatawny Township. (Philip Mertz was also listed in Richmond Township, probably this one owned some land there too.)

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In 1790-1810, Philip was consistently listed in Maxatawny Township. In 1790, he was Phil Merz and the headcount of his household included four older males and one younger. In 1800, he was indexed as Philip Martz. And in 1810 as Philip Merk.

And then he disappeared.

Death and Find-a-Grave I don’t know exactly when Philip died. It was after the 1810 Census. At Mertz Church, on 19 January 1812, Philip Mertz and Catharine were sponsors for Benjamin Mertz, born to Philip Mertz, Jr. and his wife Sarah.

This was the last mention of Philip and I think he died soon thereafter. Catharina too died, I think, about the same time. Those early years after 1810 also mark the departure of two of Philip’s sons from Berks County. I do not think that was a coincidence.

I created a find-a-grave memorial for John Philip and placed him at Mertz Church. He may be buried there or he may be on his nearby farm. But I wanted a memorial for him to set forth the truth and distinguish him from the other Philip Mertz.

Known Daughters I have reviewed the Mertz Church records to identify Philip’s daughters and compared it to emails from Louis Flackler and Patty Mertz who had a list based on Pennsylvania Births, Berks County, 1710-1780, by John T. Humphrey. There were a few inconsistencies between the various sources, so here is my consolidated list as best I can construct it.

1. Catharina was born 2 Apr 1765 and baptized at Mertz Church 14 Apr 1765. There is record of Henry Hartmann & Catharina, nee Merz, who had a daughter Catharina, born 25 Dec 1800, baptized 24 May 1801 “in church at Gnadenhütten on the Mahoning, by Nills Tillofson”. I don’t know who the Catharina nee Mertz was, possibly Philip’s daughter.

2. Maria Elisabeth was born on 12 Aug 1766 and baptized at Mertz Church 30 Aug 1766.

3. Anna Maria was born on 25 Aug 1769 and baptized at Mertz Church 17 Sep 1769.

4. Christina was born on 16 Jun 1776 and baptized at Mertz Church 26 Jun 1776.

5. Hana was born on 15 Dec 1783 and baptized at Mertz Church 4 Apr 1784.

6. Ester, according to one record, was born 31 Jul 1776 and baptized 16 Mar 1777. But since her birth date was just 45 days before her sister, Christina, the record must be wrong for one or the other. A different record suggests Ester was baptized 31 Aug 1788, so I think that may be the better record and a later birth date for her is suggested, perhaps a decade later. Known Sons From their baptisms, we know of two sons for sure: Jacob born 17 Dec 1770 and Philip born 19 Oct 1772. Yet, in the 1790 Census, Philip had four other males living with him and also four in 1800 — one age 10-16 and three 16-26.

Through the research and hard work of Louis Fackler, we first theorized and then basically proved that another son was Daniel born 1779. A summary of the analysis that led to this conclusion is given as part of my discussion of Daniel. Daniel moved to Dauphin County, PA just after 1810.

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I have also come to the conclusion that the fourth son was William born 1767 who moved to Columbia County, PA also just after 1810. The evidence for my conclusion that William was Philip’s son is that DNA of a descendant of William indicates conclusively he was closely related to the Mertz Church family of Mertzes (John Henry and Jost). Moreover, when William and his wife Elisabeth baptized their son Johannes in 1796, Philip and Catharina stood as sponsors. Finally, from all the work I have done on all the Mertzes of Berks County, Philip is logically the only one who could have had this son born 1767. Notice, in fact, the gap in the birth years of all the other known children between Maria Elisabeth 12 Aug 1766 and Anna Maria 25 Aug 1769.

There is one other possible son I need to mention. In the 1790, 1800 and 1810 Census, we find in Maxatawny Township a John Mertz and I am not 100% certain who he was. He was age 26-45 in 1800 so born between 1755 and 1774. Geography would suggest he may have been a son of Philip, the only other Mertz in Maxatawny. I believe this John of Maxatawny had a son John in 1791 so that pushes his likely birth date back to the late 1760’s. And that is the rub — could Philip and Catharina have possibly had yet another son born in the 1766 to 1769 gap. It can’t be ruled out but for now my theory is that John of Maxatawny was John (J1), son of Johannes the immigrant (designated J) and that is my best current guess.

So here is my list of Philip’s sons:

H1a William born 1767 H1b John Jacob born 1771 H1c Philip Heinrich born 1772 H1d Daniel born 1779

————————————————————————— Spouse: Catharina Quierin ————————————————————————— Marriage: 29 May 1764 Marr Memo: (Mertz Church record of marriage) Father: Nickel Quierin (1714-1788) Mother: Anna Margaretha Bauer

Parent-Proof The wife of John Philip Mertz, according to the records of Mertz Church, was Catharina Quierin. But who was she?

A clue to her origins can be found in Annette Burgert’s book Eighteenth Century Emigrants from Northern Alsace to America. It is one of several books authored (or co-authored) by Burgert. Each book focuses on a specific geographic area of German Europe and Burgert’s methodology was to try to identify a specific person or family who could be documented: 1.) in European church and/or other records, 2.) on passenger lists of German immigrants who came to Pennsylvania and 3.) in American church and/or other American records. The idea is that this person or family could be tracked directly from their point of origin in Europe to the place they settled once in America and includes evidence of when they emigrated.

And so in her Alsace book, Burgert cites records of the Wolfskirchen Lutheran and Diedendorf Lutheran churches, both in Alsace. At Wolfskirchen, the records show that a Pritius Quirin died in 1719 at age 71. His wife was Rosina (died 1712) and they had at least

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three children: Daniel who married in 1693, Johannes and Nickel who it said “ist ins Neue Land gezogen” — which I assume means went to the New Land.

Also at Wolfskirchen, she documents that Nickel Quirin, son of Briccius married 27 Jan 1711 Maria Magdalena, daughter of Daniel Fisher of Pistorff and they had seven children: Johann Mathias b.1712, Maria Louisa b.1714, Maria Elisabetha b.1716, Anna Christina b.1718, Catharina Margaretha b.1721, Margaretha b.1723 and Maria Magdalena b.1725. And at Diedendorf, Nickel Quirin and wife Magdalena Fischer had Catharina Elisabetha b.1729 and Johann Heinrich b.1731.

Burgert then documents that Nickel Quirin arrived Philadelphia on the ship Halifax in 1752 and that Nickel Quierin and wife Margaretha nee Bauer had several children baptized at Mertz Church starting in 1757. Then, also at Mertz Church, Philip Mertz married 29 May 1764 Catharina Quierin. Now I have a lot of respect for the work Burgert has done. She has been especially valuable to me as she absolutely tracked my immigrant ancestor David Mertz and his family from Alsace to Longswamp Township, Berks County and another of my immigrant ancestors Peter Hülpüsch and his family from Wiedt, Germany to Montgomery County, PA. The strong implication from Burgert, given her typical format, is that Nickel Quirin of Wolfskirchen and Diedendorf whose wife was Magdalena Fischer was the 1752 immigrant on the Halifax and he also was the Nickel Quierin named in Mertz Church records. And she doesn’t specifically state that Catharina who married Philip Mertz was his daughter, but since he did baptize a daughter named Catharina (two of them actually), the clear implication is she was.

But in the case of Nickel and Catharina Quirin, I think there is a little more to the story. It’s not that simple. Consider that Nickel’s daughters named Catharina were born in 1721 and 1729, respectively. But Philip Mertz was born in 1738 and he married Catharina in 1764 and they had children in the years 1765-1783. It seems a stretch to believe that Catharina was much older than Philip. It should also be noted that Catharina never has a middle name in any American records, she was always just Catharina.

Moreover, Nickel Quirin of Alsace married in 1711 and had children in the years 1712-1731. Even if he married a second time, he seems too old to have been having children in America from 1757 into the 1760’s. It seems more likely that Nickel Quirin whose wife was Magdalena Fischer was a different man than Nickel Quierin whose wife was Margaretha Bauer.

It should also be noted that besides Catharina and Nickel there were several additional persons named Quierin named in Mertz Church records. All were listed as baptism sponsors for a child of Philip and Catharina at Mertz Church. All were instances where two presumed single people, one name Quierin and one named Mertz were the named sponsors. In my experience, this often was a case of the two sponsors perhaps being in a dating relationship and I have seen many examples where the two named sponsors later married.

So we find:

Heinrich Mertz and Anna Maria Quierin sponsored the baptism of Anna Maria, daughter of Philip and Catharina Mertz and later of their son Philip Heinrich.

Anna Mertz and Henrich Quierin sponsored two additional baptisms of daughters of Philip and Catharina.

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Jacob Mertz and Susanna Margaretha Quierin sponsored the baptism of Johann Jacob, son of Philip and Catharina.

Wilhelm Mertz and Maria Elisabetha Quierin sponsored the baptism of another daughter of Philip and Catharina.

Jacob Mertz and Maria Elisabetha Quierin sponsored the baptism of yet another daughter of Philip and Catharina.

Wow, that looks like a lot of “dating” among Philip’s siblings — Anna, Jacob and Heinrich Mertz — and what we might guess were Catharina’s siblings — Anna Maria, Heinrich, Susanna Margaretha and Maria Elisabetha Quierin.

Note that some of these Quierins have names matching or similar to the children baptized by Nickel and Magdalena in Alsace, but it is not a perfect match.

And so I kept digging for some additional information to perhaps explain the possible discordant notes. And I found something that I think explains everything. I found a biography of Nickel Quirin in the “Rastatter-Schimmels Family Tree” on genealogy.com. It seems to be quoting directly the work of Patrick Pearsey, another genealogist whose work I respect a lot, so I’ll credit him.

Pearsey says that Nickel Quirin of Mertz Church whose wife was Margaretha Bauer was indeed of the Wolfskirchen family but in fact was the son Hans Jacob, another son of Pritius. This Nickel was born in 1714 and was the Nickel who arrived America in 1752 on the Halifax. He marred Anna Margaretha Bauer in 1738. Pearsey seems to be citing Wolfskirchen records for most of his facts.

In addition, Pearsey cites the will of Nicholas Query who died in Montgomery County, MD. It was written 13 Oct 1788 and proved 15 Dec 1788. He mentioned two sons: Daniel and Henry. And he named their five sisters: Mary Ann March, Christine Schindler, Catherine March, Elizabeth Humbert and Susannah Tice.

I believe that Catherine “March” was none other than the wife of Philip Mertz. The name Mertz, derived originally it is thought from the name of the third German month März, was sometimes (rarely but it did happen) “Americanized” as March. So I would assume the husband of Mary Ann also was named Mertz.

And based on a lot of analysis I won’t go into here, I think it may have been George Mertz (another brother of Philip’s) who married Mary Ann, or Anna Maria, Quierin. They never were listed as a “couple” at any of those baptisms but I have other evidence of this theory. Though it is far from proven.

So, I think the truth of the matter is this:

Pearsey is right that Nickel of Mertz Church who died in Montgomery County, MD was not Nickel, son of Pritius. In fact, he was Pritius’ grandson. This younger Nickel was the 1752 immigrant and he came with his wife Anna Margaretha and some of their children born in the 1740’s in Alsace and then he proceeded to have even more children once in America.

Arguably, all of the Quierins named as baptismal sponsors at Mertz Church were Nickel’s children, all named in his will.

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Heinrich, the baptism sponsor, was the son Heinrich named by Nickel in his will. Mary Ann in the will (who had married a Mertz) was Anna Maria, Elizabeth in the will was Maria Elisabetha and Susanna of the will was Susanna Margaretha. And, of course, Catharine March of the will was Catharina nee Quierin, wife of Philip Mertz.

I think any suggestion that Catharina was either Catharina Elisabetha or Catharina Margaretha is false. Her name was Catharina, she was the daughter of Nickel and Margaretha (Bauer) Quirin.


Sources 1. Church Records: “Mertz Church,” Rockland Twp, Berks Co, PA, Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths, Repository: Summary Printout from Church Archives, Johann Philip b. 14 Oct 1738 bp. 25 Oct s/o Johann Heinrich and Ana Maria (Rosemann) Mertz. 2. 1790 Census, (HOH, Place, M > 15, M < 16, F), Phil Merz, Maxatawny Twp, Berks Co, PA, 1,4,4. 3. 1800 Census, (HOH, Place, 0-9 M/F, 10-15 M/F, 16-25 M/F, 26-44 M/F, 45+ M/F), Philip Martz, Maxatawny Twp, Berks Co, PA, 0/0, 1/2, 3/0, 1/1, 1/1. 4. 1810 Census, (HOH, Place, 0-9 M/F, 10-15 M/F, 16-25 M/F, 26-44 M/F, 45+ M/F), Philip Merk, Maxatawny Twp, Berks Co, PA, 0/2, 0/2, 0/1, 1/1, 1/1.

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Name: William Martz (H1a)1,2,3,4,5,6 ————————————————————————— Birth: 12 Nov 1767 Birth Memo: (tombstone) Death: 9 Mar 1854 Death Memo: (tombstone) Burial: Briar Creek Union Cemetery, Columbia Co, PA Father: Johann Philip Mertz (H1) (1738-~1815) Mother: Catharina Elisabetha Quierin

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation A man named William Martz showed up in Columbia County, PA in about 1811. From his tombstone, he was born in 1767. His wife was Elizabeth Boehm.

DNA of a known descendant proves that William was closely related to the known Mertz Church lines of John Henry and/or Jost. In fact, there is no question that William was associated with Mertz Church prior to his move. William and Elizabeth baptized three children at Mertz Church: Susan born 11 Jun 1794 sponsored by George Boehm and Eva (Elizabeth’s parents), John born 19 Aug 1796 sponsored by Philip Mertz and Catharina and Catherine born 25 Mar 1804 also sponsored by Philip and Catharina. It is also noteworthy that when George Boehm and Eva baptized their daughter Lea in 1796, the sponsors were Philip Mertz and Catharina. This is clearly the family that moved to Columbia County where, at Briar Creek Church, in 1813, Johannes, Susanna and Catharina were confirmed. (Johannes was 17, Susanna 19 -- but Catherine would only have been 9 -- but that is what the records show.) George and Eva Boehm were also listed at Briar Creek Church, in their case a few years earlier than William and Elizabeth. John is buried in Martzville (a town named for this family) and the birth date on his tombstone closely matches (two days off) the Mertz Church record.

The question is: who was William’s father? I strongly suspect it was John Philip. For one thing, he and wife Catharina stood as sponsors at the baptisms of two of William’s children. But the baptism of William himself went unrecorded and there are no probate records for John Philip which tell us the names of his children. So it cannot be proven using the usual source documents a genealogist looks for.

While it is true that William was referred to as William Jr. in one record (Susan’s baptism), in those days that did not always mean son of, it often meant younger versus someone else of the same place of the same name that was older. The older William was John Philip's brother. Some people believe he was William’s father but my argument is that William Sr. moved to Somerset County, PA in the 1780’s and I would think any son born in 1767 would have gone along.

Moreover, there is one more interesting mention of William at Mertz Church. In 1808, Wilhelm Maerz and wife sponsored the baptism of Wilhelm Maerz, son of Jacob & Elisabeth. I believe William the sponsor was Jacob’s brother, as a sibling was the most oft-chosen baptism sponsor in those early days. I also note that John Philip had four younger males in his household in the 1790 Census and I only know the names of three. Finally I note too that there is a four year gap in the births of John Philip’s children between 1766 and 1769 and William drops into that slot perfectly.

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The father of 1767 William would likely have been born before 1747. William, from DNA analysis, was not of the Longswamp Mertz family so that leaves very few candidates. There are John Henry’s sons: Philip, Wilhelm and Jacob. I have already dismissed Wilhelm since he left the area. I can rule out Jacob too because I know the names of all his children. The two other Mertz Church lines were Jost — who is ruled out by his 1764 death — and Johannes. We don’t know if Johannes has matching DNA to John Henry and Jost. If William did in fact descend from Johannes, then we’d know, but for now we only know for sure that William matches John Henry and Jost.

And there is one other point to consider. William moved to Columbia County, we think, in about 1811. Daniel, his brother I think, moved to Dauphin County in about 1812. The last known mention of John Philip was as a sponsor at the baptism of his grandson Benjamin in 1812. Could either the death or the impending death of Philip possibly have been the catalyst for several of his sons moving on? (I can document that the sons of my ancestor Peter also moved westward about the time of his death, some a year or two preceding his death and the others just after.)

Considering everything, I strongly believe William was the son of John Philip. He is designated H1a.

Discrepancies Some descendants of William’s, and you can find this in many on-line family trees, refer to him as William Henry Martz. I know of no record ever referring to him by that name. He had a grandson named William Henry but I believe the man I have designated H1a was named William, not William Henry.

Relocated and Census Tracking I would expect to find William in the 1800 and 1810 Census living somewhere in or near Berks County.

1800. There was a man listed as William Mortz by Ancestry.com in Richmond Township but I can see it as Mertz and I otherwise don’t know where this William was.

1810. Wilhelm Martz was listed in Salisbury Township, Northampton County. I also don’t know who we was if not this William, but one problem with believing he was is that among his known sons were John born 1797 and Abraham born 1800. But only one son was reported.

Curiously, a neighbor in Salisbury was John Mertz, they being the only two persons in Salisbury whose name begins with the letter M. Who was John?

In 1820 through 1850 William was reported in Briar Creek Township, Columbia County.


Death and Find-a-Grave Ralph Fraley Mertz in Martzes of Maryland has a chapter where he reprinted many letters written in the 1880’s to Rev. George Jacob Mertz in response to what must have been a widely circulated newspaper story back then that a man named Wilhelm Mertz had died in Germany with a large fortune and the German government was trying to locate this man’s American heirs.

I found the letters fascinating. They demonstrated how little Mertzes of that day actually knew about their ancestry yet how interested they were in collecting a share of that legacy.

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And so, most all of the letter writers were able to describe some vague recollection about an ancestor of theirs named William or Wilhelm.

One such letter writer was D W Martz of Martzville (near Berwick), PA. He said his father was Abraham born April 1800 who was the son of William who came from Rockland Township, Berks County in 1810 at the age of 90. D W was clearly talking about the namesake family of the town of Martzville in Columbia County. William lived to the age of 86 1/2 and I think he was referring to the fact that he lived to (near) 90, not that he relocated at the age of 90.

There is a memorial on find-a-grave for William Martz. It has come under my management and I have corrected it in several ways. His name was given there as William Henry Martz and an incorrect tombstone of William’s grandson William Henry was there. I uploaded the correct tombstone photo, on which his name was William, and I created a separate memorial for his grandson. The memorial also said in his bio that he was the son of Wilhelm and Christina and I wrote a better bio explaining my logic that he was not and in fact was the son of Philip and Catharina.

Known Daughters We know Susan and Catherine from their baptisms at Mertz Church. Linked to William on find-a-grave are: Elizabeth Shellhammer, Hannah Fester, Catherine Hetler and Mary Martz.

Known Sons William was the progenitor of the quite extensive Martz family of Briar Creek Township, Columbia County. I know of no interlopers — i.e. someone from another Martz family who relocated to Briar Creek — at least through 1880. Every Martz there in my opinion was either a direct descendant of William’s or their spouse.

I know Johannes was a son of William’s from his baptism and then his geographic presence in Briar Creek. I am sure that Abraham was also the son of William from the D W Martz letter as well his geographic presence in Briar Creek and his age. And Daniel was still living with his parents (or maybe they with him) in 1850.

I have less direct evidence for Henry G but again from his age and his presence in Briar Creek, I am willing to assume that Henry G was also William’s son.

All of the others, except, Henry G are linked to William on find-a-grave. In addition, there is a William (1811-1836) linked to him as well. A family history report on this family sent to me by a descendant shows this extra son William and cites his tombstone at Briar Creek Cemetery as saying he was in fact the son of William. His baptism at Briar Creek Church is also cited. So I am convinced there was this son, but I have no need to designate him as such since he died young without a wife or children or appearance on his own in Census.

William’s designated sons are:

H1a1 Johannes born 1797 H1a2 Abraham born 1800 H1a3 Daniel born 1814 H1a4 Henry G born 1817

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Birth: 20 Mar 1778 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Marriage: 22 Nov 1791 Marr Memo: (Rev Hellfrich) Death: 6 Jul 1854 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Briar Creek Union Cemetery, Columbia Co, PA Father: George Boehm Mother: Eva Yoxshine

Parent-Proof One of the sources I have relied on over the years is one I call RMR, the initials of a woman who compiled every instance of a Mertz mention in all of the records of eastern Pennsylvania. She did this many years ago, but even today, I still refer to it. RMR uncovered a list of marriages by Rev. Helffrich which included the marriage of Wilh Mertz in 1791. Unfortunately, in the very earliest years, Helffrich only stated the groom’s name and that was the case here. I believe, though, this was the marriage of William to Elizabeth.

Many sources say that Elizabeth was the daughter of George and Eva Boehm and I am convinced they are correct. She and husband William were associated with the Boehms as baptism sponsors at Mertz Church and later at Briar Creek Church. They are all buried basically next to each other in a row.

It is from George’s tombstone that I learned the maiden name of his wife, Yoxshine.

Sources 1. 1800 Census, (HOH, Place, 0-9 M/F, 10-15 M/F, 16-25 M/F, 26-44 M/F, 45+ M/F), William Mortz, Richmond Twp, Berks Co, PA, 2/2, 1/0, 0/0, 1/1, 0/0. 2. 1810 Census, (HOH, Place, 0-9 M/F, 10-15 M/F, 16-25 M/F, 26-44 M/F, 45+ M/F), Wilhelm Mertz, Salisbury Twp, Northampton Co, 1/4, 0/0, 0/0, 1/1, 0/0. 3. 1820 Census, (HOH, Place, 0-9 M/F, 10-15 M/F, 16-18 M, 16-25 M/F, 26-44 M/F, 45+ M/F), Willim Mertz, Briar Creek Twp, Columbia Co, PA, 3/0, 0/2, 2/2, 0, 0/0, 1/1. 4. 1830 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age Bracket Males/Females), William Mortis, Briar Creek Twp, Columbia Co, PA, 10-14M, 15-19M (3), 20-29M, 50-59M, 20-29F, 50-59F. 5. 1840 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age Bracket Males/Females), William Martz, Briar Creek Twp, Columbia Co, PA, 20-29M (2), 70-79M, 20-29F, 60-69F. 6. 1850 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), William Martz, 83, Briar Creek, Columbia, PA, Elizabeth 72, Daniel 34, Leah Fowler 31.

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Name: Johannes Martz (H1a1)1,2,3,4 ————————————————————————— Birth: 19 Aug 1796 Rockland Twp, Berks Co, PA Birth Memo: (Mertz Church baptism, find-a-grave says 17 Aug 1796) Death: 6 May 1876 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Martzville Cemetery, Columbia Co, PA Father: William Martz (H1a) (1767-1854) Mother: Elizabeth Boehm (1778-1854)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation John, son of William and Elizabeth, was baptized at Mertz Church. He was born 19 Aug 1796 and baptized 17 Sep. The sponsors were John Philip and wife Catharina.

He moved with his father to Columbia County and lived out his life there. He is designated H1a1.

Relocated and Census Tracking Johannes was born in Berks County, moved its his parents to Columbia County in about 1811, was first listed on his own in the 1740 Census and lived his entire adult life in Briar Creek Township.


Death and Find-a-Grave John is on find-a-grave.

I have management responsibility for his memorial so I visited the Martzville Cemetery and uploaded a photo of his tombstone. It gives his date of death and states his age at death. The arithmetic computes to a date of birth of either either 17 or 18 Aug 1796, close enough for me to the 19 Aug 1796 as transcribed in the Mertz Church records. Despite this one day discrepancy, I believe it is John’s connection to William which proves that it was indeed the same William named in Mertz Church records who moved to Columbia County.

Known Daughters There is a PA death certificate for Rebecca (Martz) Bower born in 1838, daughter of John Martz and Lydia Hagenbuch. She was the Rebecca age 12 living with her parents in the 1850 Census. She is linked to her parents on find-a-grave.

From Census, there was also a Mary E born about 1841 but I don’t know what happened to her.

Known Sons There is a PA death certificate for Isaac Martz born in 1846, son of John Martz and Lydia Hagenbauch. He is the Isaac age 4 living with his parents in the 1850 Census. That Census also shows a son Lahman age 14. Both Lahman and Isaac are linked to Johannes on find-a-grave. There may possibly have been other sons but I don’t know of any.

H1a1a Lahman born 1837 H1a1b Isaac born 1846

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Spouse: Lydia Hagenbuch ————————————————————————— Death: Apr 1871 Death Memo: (find-a-grave)

Parent-Proof Her maiden name comes from the death certificates of two of their children.

Sources 1. Church Records: “Mertz Church,” Rockland Twp, Berks Co, PA, Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths, Repository: Summary Printout from Church Archives, Johannes Mertz s/o Wilhelm & Elisabeth b. 19 Aug 1796 bp. 17 Sep sp. Philip & Catharine. 2. 1840 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age Bracket Males/Females), John Martz, Briar Creek Twp, Columbia Co, PA, <5M, 20-29M, 40-49M, <5F, 15-19F, 30-39F. 3. 1850 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), John Martz, 53, Briar Creek, Columbia, PA, Lydia 46, Lamon 14, Rebecca 12, Mary E 9, Isaac 4. 4. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), John Martz, 64, Briar Creek, Columbia, PA, L(ydia) 54, Salmon 24, M C 20, Isaac 15, Lydia Hagenbuch 10. 5. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Jno Martz, 73, Briar Creek, Columbia, PA, Lydia 68 lives with Isaac and family.

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Name: Lahman Martz (H1a1a)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 3 Aug 1837 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave, age 60y 7m 24d) Death: 27 Mar 1897 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Martzville Cemetery, Columbia Co, PA Father: Johannes Martz (H1a1) (1796-1876) Mother: Lydia Hagenbuch (-1871)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know Lahman from the 1850 Census, he was age 14, living with his parents. He is designated H1a1a.

Relocated and Census Tracking In the 1860 Census, his wife Celestia, listed as Celestia Martz, was living in the household of Reuben and Sarah Miller, her parents I would guess. There was no sign of Lahman, anywhere.


Death and Find-a-Grave Lahman is on find-a-grave. As of summer 2015, there are two memorials for him, I will try to get the erroneous one deleted.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Celestia Miller3 ————————————————————————— Birth: 25 Feb 1841 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave, age 59y 6m 19d) Death: 13 Sep 1900 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Martzville Cemetery, Columbia Co, PA

Parent-Proof The death certificate of Kathryn (Martz) Seybert gives the names of her parents as Lahman Martz and Celesti Miller.

Find-a-Grave She is on find-a-grave.

Sources 1. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Lokman Martz, 34, Briar Creek, Columbia, PA, Lecestia 29, Chas 10, Kate 8, Ella 6, Grant 5, Clara 3. 2. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Lahman Martz, 43, Briar Creek, Columbia, PA, Celestial 39, Charles F 20, Kate 18, Ella 16, Grant 15, Clara 13, Maggie 1. 3. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Celestia Martz, 19, Briar Creek, Columbia, PA, lives in household of Reuben (43) and Sarah (38) Miller.

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Name: Isaac Martz (H1a1b)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 1846 Birth Memo: (PA death certificate) Death: 17 Nov 1907 Death Memo: (PA death certificate) Father: Johannes Martz (H1a1) (1796-1876) Mother: Lydia Hagenbuch (-1871)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation His death certificate says he was the son John Martz and Lydia Hagenbauch. We also know that because he lived with them in 1850-1870. He is designated H1a1b.

Relocated and Census Tracking In 1870, Isaac was married, his wife was Samantha and they had two young children. Either they were living with his parents or them with him.

In 1880, his wife was Janette. I don’t know if Janette and Samantha are the same person, they were the same age.


Death and Find-a-Grave As of summer 2015, he is not on find-a-grave. His death certificate says he was to be buried in Martzville.

Sources 1. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Jno Martz 73, Briar Creek, Columbia, PA, Lydia 68, Isaac 25, Samantha 24, Mattie 4, Lydia 2. 2. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Isaac Martz, 34, Briar Creek, Columbia, PA, Janette 33, Mattie 14, Lydia 12, John F 9, Aaron 1.

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Name: Abraham Martz (H1a2)1,2,3,4,5,6 ————————————————————————— Birth: 4 Apr 1800 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 5 Jun 1885 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Martzville Cemetery, Columbia Co, PA Father: William Martz (H1a) (1767-1854) Mother: Elizabeth Boehm (1778-1854)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation The progenitor of the Briar Creek, Columbia County Martz family was William born 1767. The geographic proximity of Abraham Martz and his birth in 1800 strongly suggest he was William’s son. Moreover, when Abraham baptized daughter Maria in 1827, the sponsors were Wilhelm & Elizabetha.

Finally there is the letter cited elsewhere (see William) written by D W Martz, Abraham’s son, in which he said Abraham was the son William.

Abraham is designated H1a2.

Relocated and Census Tracking In 1830, Abraham and William Mortis were listed next to each other in Briar Creek. Everything is right that it was William Martz and his son Abraham — except Abraham who was 30 was reported as 40-49 and his wife 30-39. His age was better reported in 1840 and 1850.


Death and Find-a-Grave Abraham is on find-a-grave. I maintain his memorial.

Known Daughters From the 1850 Census, we know Elizabeth 15 and Lydia 7. On find-a-grave, three daughters are linked to Abraham and Desiah: Mary Remley born 1827, Eliza Kelchner born 1834 and Lydia Martz born 1842, died young and unmarried apparently. I assume whoever linked Mary Remley knew the facts, I don’t.

Known Sons From the 1850 Census, we know Nathan 21, John 18, Daniel 17, Samuel 14, Henry 12, George 10 and Z Taylor 3. On find-a-grave, those seven sons are linked to Abraham and Lydia.

George W died young, he was never listed on his own in Census and I don’t believe he ever married. So too Zachary Taylor, though in his case, he is unaccounted for in 1870. Neither is designated, leaving five sones I have tracked further.

H1a2a Nathan born 1828 H1a2b John Henry born 1830 H1a2c Daniel W born 1832 H1a2d Samuel W born 1834 H1a2e Henry Harrison born 1838

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————————————————————————— Spouse: Desiah Hetler —————————————————————————

Birth: 13 Apr 1807 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 17 Nov 1881 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Martzville Cemetery, Columbia Co, PA

Parent Proof There are several death certificates for children of Abraham’s. His wife is variously named Desiah Hitter, Dessia Hettler and Desiah Hetler. She was Desiree in the 1850 Census. Her name is given as Desiah Hetler on find-a-grave though it is acknowledged there that her tombstone clearly says Disiah.

I have done no independent research on this and so Desiah Hetler is good enough for me.

Sources 1. 1830 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age Bracket Males/Females), Abraham Mortis, Briar Creek Twp, Columbia Co, PA, <5M (2), 5-9M, 10-14M (2), 40-49M, 5-9F, 30-39F. 2. 1840 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age Bracket Males/Females), Abraham Martz, Briar Creek Twp, Columbia Co, PA, <5M (2), 5-9M (2), 10-14M, 15-19M, 30-39M, 5-9F, 10-14F, 30-39F. 3. 1850 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Abraham Martz, 50, Briar Creek, Columbia, PA, Desire 44, Mary 23, Nathan 21, John 18, Daniel 17, Elizabeth 15, Samuel 14, Henry 12, George 10, Lydia 7, Z Taylor 3. 4. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Abraham Martz, 60, Briar Creek, Columbia, PA, D 54, Nathan 33, John 30, Henry 22, Geo 20, Z F 14, Lida 19, Catherine Rifenda 14. 5. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Abron Martz, 70, Briar Creek, Columbia, PA, Desiah 63, John 38, Eliza Kelchner 33, Alice Kelchner 12, Clare Kelchner 8 . 6. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Abraham Martz, 80, Briar Creek, Columbia, PA, Desiah 73.

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Name: Nathan Martz (H1a2a)1,2,3 ————————————————————————— Birth: 7 Dec 1828 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 22 Jan 1907 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Rosehill Cemetery, Waverly, Lancaster Co, NE Father: Abraham Martz (H1a2) (1800-1885) Mother: Desiah Hetler (1807-1881)

Parent-Proof We know Nathan as the son of Abraham from the 1850 and 1860 Census and he is linked to him on find-a-grave. He is designated H1a2a.


————————————————————————— Spouse: Esther Lydia Melick ————————————————————————— Birth: 19 Apr 1846 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 5 Sep 1904 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Rosehill Cemetery, Waverly, Lancaster Co, NE

Sources 1. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Nathan Martz, 41, Briar Creek, Columbia, PA, Hester 23, Ulysses J 1 . 2. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Nathan Martz, 57, Briar Creek, Columbia, PA, Hester 35, Joshua 11, Isabella 8, Luther 5, Jennie K 2, Henrietta 8m, Sarah Mellick 31, Diana Mellick 29 . 3. 1900 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Born (mmm yr), # yr Married, Female # Children/# Living, Birthplace, Additional Persons, Marital Status), Nathan Martz, 71, Waverly, Lancaster, NE, Ester 55, Luther I 25, Jennie K 22, Henrietta L 20, Charles B 16.

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Name: John Henry Martz (H1a2b)1 ————————————————————————— Birth: 31 Aug 1830 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 16 Mar 1913 Death Memo: (PA Death Certificate and find-a-grave) Burial: Martzville Cemetery, Columbia Co, PA Father: Abraham Martz (H1a2) (1800-1885) Mother: Desiah Hetler (1807-1881)

Parent-Proof We know John Henry as the son of Abraham from the 1850-1870 Census and he is linked to him on find-a-grave. He is designated H1a2b.


————————————————————————— Spouse: Susan A Miller ————————————————————————— Birth: 20 Jun 1841 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 12 Feb 1922 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Martzville Cemetery, Columbia Co, PA

Sources 1. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), John Martz, 49, Briar Creek, Columbia, PA, Susin 39, Thomas W 4.

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Name: Daniel W Martz (H1a2c)1,2,3 ————————————————————————— Birth: 18 Dec 1832 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 24 Feb 1919 Death Memo: (PA Death Certificate and find-a-grave) Burial: Martzville Cemetery, Columbia Co, PA Father: Abraham Martz (H1a2) (1800-1885) Mother: Desiah Hetler (1807-1881)

Parent-Proof We know Daniel as the son of Abraham from the 1850 Census and he is linked to him on find-a-grave. He is designated H1a2c.

Two other facts about Daniel are noteworthy. He was the D W Martz who wrote the letter referred to elsewhere saying his father was Abraham and his grandfather William. And it is really curious that Daniel’s wife was Mary Stout. Daniel’s grandfather William had a brother named Daniel who married Mary Stoudt. The two Daniels and the two Marys were generations apart age-wise, but the two Daniels were related. I have no idea if the two Marys were related or not.


————————————————————————— Spouse: Mary A Stout ————————————————————————— Birth: 18 Dec 1834 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 22 Sep 1930 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Martzville Cemetery, Columbia Co, PA

Parent-Proof The death certificate of George Taylor Martz says his father was Daniel Martz and his mother Mary Stout.

Sources 1. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Daniel Martz, 26, Briar Creek, Columbia, PA, Mary 23, Abram 2, Infant 1m, Wesley Morter 26, Sam Smith 15. 2. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), D W Martz, 38, Briar Creek, Columbia, PA, Mary 36, Abron 12, Nathan 10, Desiah 7, Della 5, George 3. 3. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Daniel Martz, 48, Briar Creek, Columbia, PA, Mary 45, Nathan W 19, Desia 17, Della 15, Taylor 12, Edward 7, William 5m.

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Name: Samuel W Martz (H1a2d)1,2,3 ————————————————————————— Birth: 25 Aug 1834 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 2 May 1927 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Martzville Cemetery, Columbia Co, PA Father: Abraham Martz (H1a2) (1800-1885) Mother: Desiah Hetler (1807-1881)

Parent-Proof We know Samuel as the son of Abraham from the 1850 Census and he is linked to him on find-a-grave. He is designated H1a2d.

His obituary is on find-a-grave. “Samuel Martz, aged 92, died yesterday morning in General Hospital, Wilkes-Barre. He was formerly of Berwick and came to this city four years ago, since then living with his daughter. He is survived by three daughters: Mrs. Elizabeth Beagle, Mrs. Alice Hildebrandt of Berwick; four sons, David Martz, Endicott, N.Y.; John Martz, Berwick; Clarence Martz, Bloomsburg and Gill Martz.”


————————————————————————— Spouse: Malinda Remaley ————————————————————————— Birth: 29 Dec 1835 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 10 Mar 1911 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Martzville Cemetery, Columbia Co, PA

Sources 1. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Samuel Martz, 23, Centre, Columbia, PA, Mulinda 23, Hiram G 2. 2. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), S W Martz, 36, Briar Creek, Columbia, PA, Malinda 33, Hiram 13, Josiah 10, Lydia 6, Smith 3, Lizzie 1m. 3. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Samuel Martz, 43, Briar Creek, Columbia, PA, Malinda 43, Hiram G 22, Smith H 13, Elizabeth 10, Sarah 8, David 5, Clarance 2, John L 1m.

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Name: Henry Harrison Martz (H1a2e)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 25 May 1838 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 16 Jun 1917 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Pine Grove, Berwick, PA Father: Abraham Martz (H1a2) (1800-1885) Mother: Desiah Hetler (1807-1881)

Parent-Proof We know Henry as the son of Abraham from the 1850 and 1860 Census and he is linked to him on find-a-grave. He is designated H1a2e.


————————————————————————— Spouse: Juliett Rutter ————————————————————————— Birth: 27 Dec 1841 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 28 Feb 1915 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Pine Grove, Berwick, PA

Sources 1. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), H H Martz, 31, Briar Creek, Columbia, PA, Juliet 26, Ella 5, Susan 2. 2. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Henry Martz, 40, Berwick, Columbia, PA, Julia 38, Ella M 15, Susannah 13, Will P 10, Annie 3.

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Name: Daniel Martz (H1a3)1,2,3,4 ————————————————————————— Birth: 11 Sep 1814 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 19 Mar 1892 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Martzville Cemetery, Columbia Co, PA Father: William Martz (H1a) (1767-1854) Mother: Elizabeth Boehm (1778-1854)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know Daniel as William’s son from the 1850 Census. Not only was Daniel living with his parents, so was Leah Fowler, his future bride. He is designated H1a3.

Relocated and Census Tracking By 1860, Daniel and Leah now named Martz are living in their own household. They apparently never had any children, at least not any who ever survived to the next Census.


Death and Find-a-Grave Daniel is on find-a-grave. I now maintain his memorial.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Leah Fowler ————————————————————————— Birth: 1 Feb 1819 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 29 Apr 1891 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Martzville Cemetery, Columbia Co, PA

Sources 1. 1850 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Daniel Martz, 34, Briar Creek, Columbia, PA -- l/w William. 2. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Daniel Martz, 46, Briar Creek, Columbia, PA, Leah 42. 3. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Daul Marty, 54, Briar Creek, Columbia, PA, Leah 51. 4. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Daniel Martz, 65, Briar Creek, Columbia, PA, Leah 62.

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Name: Henry G Martz (H1a4)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 3 Jun 1817 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 22 Feb 1887 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Bower Cemetery, Columbia Co, PA Father: William Martz (H1a) (1767-1854) Mother: Elizabeth Boehm (1778-1854)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation I am certain about three of William’s sons — Johannes, Abraham and Daniel.

I am somewhat guessing that Henry was also William’s son based on his age and geographic location. It is, in theory, possible that he was the son of Johannes or Abraham but neither of them had any other children until the 1830’s or so. Henry is designated H1a4.

Relocated and Census Tracking Henry Mertz lived his life in or near Briar Creek, Columbia County where the rather large family of William Martz (1767-1854) lived.


Death and Find-a-Grave Henry G Martz is on find-a-grave buried at Bower Cemetery in Columbia County.

Known Sons Henry had just one son, called Josiah, age 8, in 1850 and then Jonah, age 19 in 1860.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Hannah Bower ————————————————————————— Birth: 22 Dec 1820 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 11 Apr 1893 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Bower Cemetery, Columbia Co, PA

Parent-Proof Her maiden name is given as Bower on find-a-grave. She and her husband were buried in the Bower family cemetery and in 1850, Isaiah Bower age 21, lived with Henry and Hannah. This family was also surrounded by others of the Bower family in that Census.

Sources 1. 1850 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Henry Martz, 33, Briar Creek, Columbia, PA, Hannah 28, Josiah 8, Isaiah Bower 21. 2. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Henry G Martz, 44, Briar Creek, Columbia, PA, Hannah 40, Jonah 19, H Whitmoyer 10. 3. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), H J Martz, 53, Briar Creek, Columbia, PA, Hannah 50. 4. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Henry G Martz, 62, Briar Creek, Columbia, PA, Hannah 59, Emma A 17.

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Name: Josiah Martz (H1a4a)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 3 Feb 1842 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 10 Jan 1903 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Pine Grove, Berwick, PA Father: Henry G Martz (H1a4) (1817-1887) Mother: Hannah Bower (1820-1893)

Parent-Proof We know Josiah as the son of Henry G from the 1850 Census. He was still with his father in 1860 though mistakenly called Jonah. He is linked to him on find-a-grave. He is designated H1a4a.

Josiah is on find-a-grave.


————————————————————————— Spouse: Lucinda Lockhard ————————————————————————— Birth: 18 Dec 1840 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 5 Feb 1911 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Pine Grove, Berwick, PA

Parent-Proof Her maiden name comes from her find-a-grave memorial.

Sources 1. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), J B Martz, 28, Briar Creek, Columbia, PA, Lucinda 29, Mary 7, Wm H 5, Emma 3. 2. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Josiah B Martz, 38, Briar Creek, Columbia, PA, Lucinda 39, William H 15, Emma A 13, Isaiah L 1.

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Name: John Jacob Mertz (H1b)1,2,3 ————————————————————————— Birth: 17 Dec 1770 Birth Memo: (Mertz Church baptism record) Death: abt 1835 Death Memo: (estate entered Administration 11 May 1835) Burial: Fairhaven Cemetery, Mulberry, IN Father: Johann Philip Mertz (H1) (1738-~1815) Mother: Catharina Elisabetha Quierin

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation John Jacob Mertz, son of Philip and Catharina, was born 17 Dec 1770 and baptized at Mertz Church 3 Feb 1771. He is designated H1b as the second son of John Philip Mertz (H1).

Jacob was one of seven different boys given the name Jacob Mertz born in Berks County, PA in the 1770’s. I have tracked all of them and gotten to know as much as I can about each so I can be sure to know which was which and not confuse them as others have. They each died in different counties in America.

The question is what happened to this Jacob? The story I am going to tell here is that he and most of his children, maybe even all but one of them, moved to Clinton County, Indiana where Jacob died sometime after 16 Aug 1834 and before 11 May 1835. If Jacob of Clinton County was not Jacob, son of Philip, then I have no idea what happened to that Jacob.

The proof of my assertion that Jacob who died in Clinton County was one and the same as the Jacob born to Philip and Catharina in Berks County is a set of coincidences between what is known about Jacob of Clinton County and Jacob of Berks County. The number, variety and specifics of these coincidences are overwhelming in my opinion to prove the case but the problem is there are also a few discrepancies that have to be debunked so as to not have any discordant notes.

Like many persons named Mertz, Jacob’s name came to be spelled Martz when he moved away from Berks County. His sons too, who moved with him, came to be thereafter known as Martz, as well as their descendants. But Jacob’s oldest son, William L, who stayed in Berks County, continued to be spelled Mertz. In fact, many of the “coincidences" suggesting that Jacob Mertz of Berks County is one and the same as Jacob Martz of Clinton County involve that William and several of his sons. Consider:

1. There is a document recorded in Berks County, PA dated 6 Feb 1846 wherein William Mertz of Maxatawney Township (this being where William, son of Jacob, lived at the time) released John Mertz of Clinton County, Indiana. It did not say what the release specifically had to do with but you cannot read this release and not get the idea that it might well be a man releasing his brother for something to do with, perhaps, their father’s estate.

2. Jacob of Clinton County indeed had a son John. That is proven by a court filing made in Clinton County in 1892 whereby the heirs of John were seeking clear and indisputable title to land they inherited from John that he bought from the heirs of his father Jacob — in 1845. The court filing asserts that John had obtained releases from all his siblings confirming their assent to his purchase of the land in about 1845.

3. In that 1892 petition, Jacob’s heirs appear to be listed in a very logical order. By 1892, most of Jacob’s children — including William — had died and so for those children who had died, their heirs were instead listed, and grouped together. And so, going down the list of

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names, we come to the following grouping of Martz names in exactly this order: Maria, Reuben, William, Peter, James, Jairus E and Albert C (his name really was Alfred C). This matches exactly the names of William’s wife Maria and their children allowing that they had some children who had died.

4. Jairus, son of William, is particularly noteworthy. His was a unique name, there was no other Jairus Mertz — ever — that I am aware of. And not only was he named in this document as an heir of Jacob’s but he in fact moved to Clinton County, Indiana by about 1880 and lived the remainder of his life there. He is buried in the same cemetery as Jacob and several others of his family. And it is especially significant that since he came at a later time than his uncles, a time when the spelling of people’s names had somewhat stabilized, his name is given as Jairus Mertz on his tombstone.

5. So too, William’s son Alfred C, called Albert C on the 1892 filing. He too moved to Clinton County, he too is buried in the same cemetery as Jacob and others of his family. But, like Jairus, his name is spelled Mertz on his tombstone. In fact, besides Jairus and Alfred, there are fourteen other Mertzes buried at Fairhaven.

6. Benjamin, another son of William’s, is also noteworthy. He was not listed with his mother and his siblings because he had died — in 1874 in his case. But what’s interesting about him is that, like Jairus and Alfred, he too moved to Clinton County. But earlier in his case. And once there, he married his cousin Susannah, daughter of John. So, had he been alive, while his wife Susannah was listed as a plaintiff in that 1892 filing, he would have been listed as a defendant. [His name was spelled Martz on his tombstone.]

Here are some additional coincidences.

1. Jacob, son of Philip, was last seen in Berks County at the time of the 1830 Census. By 1840, his son Solomon was listed in Clinton County and then sons Henry and John in 1850. [I believe Solomon and most of his siblings came with their parents in the early 1830’s. John may have stayed behind as I think he is the John in Maxatawney in 1840 but then came soon after that Census.]

2. The name of the wife of Jacob of Berks County was Elizabeth, known from several baptisms of their children at Mertz Church. The name of Jacob’s widow in Clinton County was Elizabeth, known from her being named as an Administratrix of Jacob’s estate as well as her presence in John’s household in the 1850 Census.

3. The names of the children baptized at Mertz Church by Jacob and Elizabeth were: sons Wilhelm, Heinrich, Jacob and Benjamin and daughters Catherine, Susanna, Elizabeth, Esther and Judith. Jacob of Clinton County also had known sons Solomon and John and also a daughter Mary but it is not unusual that not all baptisms were recorded at Mertz Church. The births of Solomon, John and Mary were during the years Jacob and Elizabeth were having their children and their birth dates do not conflict with any other of the children. [They were just skipped.]

4. Heinrich was born, according to his baptism record, 11 May 1816. Henry, son of Jacob, was born according to his find-a-grave memorial 11 Mar 1815. That date discrepancy doesn’t bother me at all — for one thing the dates “resonate”. For another, there is no tombstone photo on find-a-grave so I can’t even be sure that is truly inscribed on his tombstone.

5. Elizabeth (the daughter) was born 2 Nov 1813 per her baptism record. I believe she was the unmarried Elizabeth age 34 then 47 in the 1850 and then 1860 Census, respectively,

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living with her brother John. And in 1870 an 1880, age 55 then 66, living with her niece Fianna and her husband Jonas Kressel.

6. I believe Ester (born 1817 per her baptism record) is the Hetty Marts who married George Fogle 20 Jul 1837 in Clinton County, IN. I believe Judith (born 1819 per her baptism) was the Judy Martz who married John Sherard in 1840 in Clinton County.

7. Solomon Martz, who with his mother Elizabeth, was appointed Administrator of his father’s Clinton County estate was also named the guardian for his father’s minor children: Jacob, Benjamin, Juda and Hetty. These four children were all among those baptized by Jacob and Elizabeth at Mertz Church with birth years for these four ranging from 1817 to 1823 — making those four indeed minors at the time of their father’s death.

8. Jacob and Elizabeth baptized a daughter Catherine at Mertz Church. The record of her baptism gave her birth date as 21 Nov 1806. When I was trying to identify all the persons named on the 1892 court filing, I found that Daniel and Jonathan Mohn (spelled Moon on the court filing) were sons of John and Catherine Mohn. The whole family is buried in Cass County, Indiana where another of Jacob’s daughters and her family are buried. On Catherine’s find-grave memorial, it gave (I’ve had it fixed) her maiden name as Harts and it also has her birth date as 21 Nov 1806.

9. It says on find-a-grave that Jacob was born in Berks County. That’s true, but I’m not sure what particular piece of evidence whoever put that there had in mind. Apparently it does say on John’s tombstone, based on the cemetery transcription I have, that he was born in Berks County.

Everything I have put forth here is based on my own research into this family supplemented by some wonderful research done at my behest by Jill Garrison of the Frankfort (Clinton County) Community Public Library. Thank you, Jill.


Relocated and Census Tracking I can find Jacob in the 1810 and 1830 Census in Ruscombmanor Township, Berks County. I do not know why I can’t find him in 1820 but I would assume he was in the same place. 1830 is then the last mention of Jacob in Census that I can find.

So what happened to Jacob? Did he die in Berks County? There is no evidence he did — no estate file, no tombstone, no burial record, no widow who showed up in a later Census where he lived. Moreover, of the many children he baptized at Mertz Church, they all — but one — disappear from Berks County too. Where did they go?

I think the family moved to Clinton County, Indiana. The names and ages of certain Martzes found there in the 1840 and 1850 Census correspond to Jacob’s known family.

Discrepancies There are too many coincidences between what is known about Jacob who died and is buried in Clinton County, IN and Jacob, son of John Philip, for it not to be the same man.

But there is one big discrepancy that has to be debunked.

There is a memorial for Jacob on find-a-grave which said (until I got it fixed) born 15 Dec 1781, died 6 Apr 1843. There is no photo of his tombstone there but that same date of

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death is given in a transcription of Clinton County cemeteries and that book, I believe, is the underlying source here.

It’s the birth date that is so totally incongruent with my assertion that Jacob was born 17 Dec 1770.

Several points:

1. Let’s start with his date of death. It is clearly wrong since his estate entered administration 11 May 1835. Among his estate papers is a promissory note he signed 16 Aug 1834 so he died after that date and before 11 May 1835.

[Now it could be argued, I suppose, that Jacob on find-grave is a different Jacob entirely (one who really did die in 1843) — after all there were a lot of them running around. But there is no evidence of any other Jacob of that generation in Clinton County and furthermore the cemetery transcription links Jacob to his wife Elizabeth.]

2. From the transcription, there is no date of birth on his tombstone. Rather there is an age at death of 61y, 3m 22d (which if applied to the erroneous 6 Apr 1843 date of death results in the stated date of birth).

So, obviously, not considering any other possible errors, if the date of death is eight years off, the date of birth is also eight years off.

3. Suppose the tombstone really says died 8 Apr and not 6 Apr. The computed date of birth would then be 17 Dec (which agrees with his church baptism record) not 15 Dec. It is really easy for me to believe an 8 could be mis-read as 6.

4. My best guess is that Jacob died 8 Apr 1835, about 33 days before his estate entered administration, a typical gap. And I am guessing that his age at death was 64y (not 61y), 3m, 22d. A 4 could have been mis-read as a 1.

Of course, I don’t have an easy explanation for how 1835 was mis-read or mis-transcribed as 1843 — but that is what I’m left with. If I was arguing that the tombstone says 1834 and that was mis-transcribed as 1843, it would be more plausible, but unfortunately that conflicts with the date of the promissory note Jacob signed.

The real truth of things can only be known if someone goes and finds and closely examines that stone. I’ve issued a photo request on find-a-grave for someone to go photograph the stone and to get a close-up of the date. Maybe someday, some nice person will fulfill my photo request.

Until then, I believe there are several errors in the cemetery transcription, possibly conforming to my theory or possibly pointing to a different explanation. But whatever the errors are (and there were several), Jacob is Jacob. The discrepancy in my opinion is debunked.

Death and Find-a-Grave Jacob and Elizabeth are on find-a-grave. I have submitted edits to fix his date of birth and date of death on his memorial and to link him to his parents. I have also submitted edits to link all his children I could find and identify with certainty to him.

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Known Daughters I have several ways to identify Jacob’s daughters. He and wife Elizabeth baptized five daughters at Mertz Church: Catherine (born 21 Nov 1806), Susanna (3 Jul 1812), Elisabeth (2 Nov 1813), Ester (8 Oct 1817) and Judith (19 May 1819). There may have been others because in the 1810 Census, Jacob reported two daughters in his household, both under the age of 10 (Catherine was one but there obviously was another).

So I have used two other sources to attempt to identify additional daughters and learn more about all of them.

• Clinton County marriage records show the marriages of Hetty who married George Fogle 20 Jul 1837, Judith who married John Sherard 9 Sep 1840 and Sarah who married John Wentz 17 Oct 1847. Hetty is a nickname for Ester, so she and Judith are known from their church baptisms, leaving Sarah as a possible additional daughter of Jacob’s based only on the date of her marriage which makes her of the right age.

• That wonderful 1892 court filing that listed all of Jacob’s children or, for those who had died, their children. Obviously everyone named Martz on that document was a son or grandson of Jacob’s but there were eighteen persons not named Martz who were either: a married daughter, a married granddaughter or any of his grandchildren by one of his married daughters.

So this became a big puzzle for me to solve. The result is I believe I have identified six daughters of Jacob’s who lived to adulthood. Let’s meet Jacob’s daughters.

Elizabeth is the easiest to identify since she never married. Elizabeth lived with brother John in 1850 and 1860 and with John’s married daughter Fianna in 1870 and 1880. She must have died before 1892 as she was not named on that court filing.

Sarah, it turns out is a daughter of Jacob’s for sure. I know this because I found her on find-a-grave in Macon County, IL with her name given as Sarah (Martz) Vance and a reference on her memorial to her Clinton County marriage. The dates on her memorial are 2 Jun 1812 to 15 Feb 1888. And her brief biography on find-a-grave names her children as: Elizabeth Lambert, Lydia Barnes and Fiona Hayes.

It is the names of her daughters that lock this all together. Elizabeth Lambert, Lydia Barnes and Fianna Hazlet were named on the 1892 court filing. I am quite willing to believe that Fiona Hayes and Fianna Hazlet are the same person. (Jacob had two granddaughters named Fianna, apparently. I’m not sure the significance but there must be one.)

One other minor discrepancy is that her husband’s name was given as John Wentz on their marriage record, but clearly it was Vance. And there is one other interesting discrepancy. Her birth date, from find-a-grave, is 2 Jun 1812. But Jacob’s daughter Susanna was born 3 Jul 1812 per her baptism record (and it was her birth date, not her baptism date). My conclusion is that Susanna is Sarah. Maybe she was Susanna Sarah or Sarah Susanna though I have never seen that combination of names anywhere else. Maybe Susanna was an error made by whoever recorded her baptism. And once again we have a tombstone birth date that resonates but, with no tombstone photo, no way for me to know that really is what is given on her tombstone.

Mary is another daughter of Jacob’s who is logically deduced as such from trying to figure out who some of the people not named Martz were on the 1892 filing. Levi, Henry, David and William Snyder were named. Jill Garrison of the Frankfort Library dug deeper into those

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court records for me and determined that Levi, Henry and David were living in Cass County, IN at the time of the court filing. Mary Cling and Mary Haas (additional unknown — to me — heirs of Jacob’s) were also in Cass County and William Snyder in Howard County.

The Snyder family of Cass County seemed an inviting target so I went looking for them and much to my delight, I found on find-a-grave, in Deer Creek Cemetery in Onward, Cass County, these five names all matching names on the 1892 court filing as Jacob’s heirs: Levi Snyder (born 1828), Henry Snyder (1840), Leah (Snyder) Eckhart (1843, identified as Leah Eckert in 1892), Mary (Snyder) Haas (1841, identified as Mary Haas in 1892), Elizabeth (Snyder) Wilson (1829, identified as Elizabeth Wilson in 1892).

From Census, I could identify most of these as children of Henry Snyder and his wife Mary and then I found both of them in the same cemetery, she was listed as Anna Mary Snyder 17 Mar 1804-26 Jan 1874.

That all was good enough for me, I felt sure I now knew all of these additional heirs as the children of Jacob’s daughter Mary. None of these people were linked to each other on find-a-grave, nor Anna Mary to Jacob and Elizabeth, her parents. But as I was submitting edits to find-a-grave, I wanted to be sure I had things right so I also looked at death certificates for the children and compared their date of birth on their find-a-grave memorial to their age in Census. A few clarifying comments are necessary.

It turns out, Henry born 1840, buried at Deer Creek, is not the right Henry. I thought, from Census, the Henry I was after was born earlier and then I found a different Henry of the right age buried in a different Onward cemetery (Mays) born 1830, died 1905. He proved to be the right Henry as his death certificate says he was born in Pennsylvania to Henry Snyder and Elizabeth Martz. So was his mother Anna Mary Martz or Mary Elizabeth Martz, I just don’t know.

Elizabeth Wilson, the one buried in Deer Creek was the right Elizabeth, confirmed by her death certificate which lists Henry Snyder and Mary Martz (transcribed Marty) as her parents. She actually lived to 1905 so the “defendants” list was wrong to say they needed to find the “unknown heirs of Elizabeth Wilson”.

Levi’s death certificate says he was the son of Henry (transcribed Ferry) Snyder and Mary Mertz.

The death certificate of Mary Haas says she was the daughter of Henry and Mary Snyder, no maiden named given for Henry’s wife.

The death certificate of Leah Echkart (sic) says she was the daughter of Henry Snyder and Mariah Martz.

I found William Snyder who died in Howard County and his death certificate says he was the son of Henry Snyder and Mary Mertz (transcribed Merty). If I read it right, it says he was to be buried in Galveston Cemetery in Cass County. And I found him there (with a small date of death discrepancy) and no other identifying information to be sure it is him. So I think it is him but I did not submit an edit to link him to his parents as there is a tiny little bit of doubt.

I could not find anything more on David Snyder but his presence, age 10, in Henry and Mary’s household in 1850 confirms his existence and that I have properly identified him on the list of heirs.

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Catherine was tough to find. I didn’t know if she died young or stayed behind in Berks County and married there or came to Clinton County with her parents. I didn’t know if any of the unknown, to me, heirs on the 1892 list were her children. But I just had a feeling some of them might be.

And I got lucky. I was trying everything to search for either Daniel or Jonathan Moon — two of the names on the 1892 list. And I spotted a Daniel Moon in the 1870 Census, age 32, living wth his wife and children and also John Moon age 61 and Catherine Moon age 63. Could she be Catherine Martz, the age was right on the money? Perhaps more importantly, they lived in Tipton, Cass County, IN, exactly where I had found the Snyder family. And Daniel, John and Catherine had been born in Pennsylvania. Daniel had a son Jonathan but my hunch was the Jonathan Moon on the 1892 list was likely a brother.

But what was frustrating is that I could not find them in any other Census nor was there any sign of them on find-a-grave. Now one of my search tricks is to use only selected information to search with, especially if I felt a spelling (such as Moon) might have been corrupted. So I searched Census for a Daniel born about 1838 born in Pennsylvania and living in Indiana. I left the surname field empty. I got a lot of hits and had to scan them but when I spotted Daniel Mohn in Tipton, the name jumped off the page. And then it all came together.

The name, it turns out, actually was Mohn and only once, in 1870, was it spelled Moon, else I never would have found this family. In 1860, Daniel was still living at home with his father John, mother Catherine and brother Jonathan plus several sisters. So I felt I had them and so I then checked find-a-grave now using the Mohn spelling and they all are there, in Deer Creek Cemetery where Catherine’s sister Anna Mary and her family are. But here is the clincher: Catherine’s memorial gives her maiden name as Harts (I’ll get that fixed but it must have been mis-read from some source document) and gives her birth date as 21 Nov 1806. She is the only one of this whole family where there is an exact match between their baptismal birth date and their tombstone birth date.

Catherine and John had several children, here are four of them:

Daniel, obviously, was one. His death certificate does not give his mother’s name but says his father was John Mohn. Daniel married Sarah Burk.

Jonathan died before death certificates were required. He actually died in 1890, so should not even have been named on the 1892 list of heirs. He married Elizabeth Burk.

Elizabeth married George Burk. I cannot find her on find-a-grave or a death certificate for her. But it is interesting that Daniel, Jonathan and Elizabeth married Sarah, Elizabeth and George Burk — all siblings from the 1860 Census, the children of John and Elizabeth Burk.

Mary Magdalena married Christian Anderson. They are both buried at Deer Creek. Her death certificate lists her as Mrs. Mary M Wilson. The dates match those of Magdalena Anderson and says her father was John Mohn, no mother named. I think the story is that Christian died in 1877 and then in 1881, Mary M Anderson married Henry Wilson. Mary Magdalena should have been listed as an heir, she died in 1918.

Judith is known from her baptism record and her marriage record. She supposedly married John Sherard (on the same list where Wentz was Vance) but I could find no record of them. The 1892 list of Jacob’s heirs lists “The Unknown Heirs of Judy Sheridan”. Was her married name really Sheridan or was that Judy one of Jacob’s granddaughters? I had no luck looking for Judy Sheridan either.

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So then I tried another creative search of the 1860 Census, this one for Jud* (to find Judy or Judith or even Juda, the nickname they seemed to use in this family) born in Pennsylvania in 1819 and living in Indiana. I spotted Jude Shiry age 45 living with husband John in Madison, Clinton County (where the rest of her family lived) and when I went to that page in Census, there she was with John Martz as her neighbor to one side and Jacob Martz her neighbor to the other — her two brothers. What was also interesting is that she had a daughter Sallie A and I had an immediate hunch she was the Sally Conrad I was looking for. And she had a son Daniel with no sign of a daughter Mary (Mary Cling being my only other missing person).

What is really interesting is that then using spellings more like Shiry, I found this same family, the name now spelled Sheriy, in 1850 in Maxatawney Township, Berks County. They had gone back home! This is where her grandfather Philip had lived. And in 1850, there was a daughter Mary age 11, Sallie was called Sarah but John and Daniel’s presence confirmed this was the same family.

By 1870, John and Judith had returned to Madison, Clinton County with the name spelled Shievy. Now whether daughter Sarah or Sally is the Sallie Coonrod I’m looking for or Mary the Mary Cling I don’t know for sure. But Daniel should have been listed since he was quite still alive, in fact is buried at Fairhaven with all those other family members, his name spelled Schiery.

Ester, or Hetty, is known from her baptism record and her marriage record. But I cannot find anything more about her. She married George Fogle, but as Wentz was really Vance and Sherard was Shirey (?) — who knows whether Fogle is correct or even close? None of the 1892 “defendants” are named Fogle or Vogle or anything close. But she does not appear to be even acknowledged on the 1892 list unless some of the persons are her married children or unless whoever prepared the list knew that a.) Hetty had died by 1892 and b.) she had no heirs. The unidentified now are: Sally Coonrod and Mary Cling. I’ve tried to identify them with no luck to date. But a guess is they are both daughters of Judith Shirey.

Known Sons From Mertz Church records, there was Wilhelm (19 Dec 1807), Heinrich (11 May 1816), Jacob (10 Nov 1819) — but there is something wrong with that date, it is too close to sister Judith and Jacob’s tombstone says 3 Oct 1820 — and Benjamin (1 Feb 1823).

I know nothing more about Benjamin and cannot track him further. But I have tracked the other three and, from their presence in Clinton County and association with Jacob, I also know of and have tracked two more sons: Solomon born about 1809 and John born about 1810.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Elisabeth ————————————————————————— Birth: 28 Jun 1782 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 30 Aug 1857 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Fairhaven Cemetery, Mulberry, IN

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Parent-Proof Most people say Jacob’s wife was Elizabeth Link. I have never seen the proof of that, but I have no reason to dispute it. Her oldest son was William L, named at a time when the pattern was beginning to be established where the mother’s maiden name became the middle name of many of her children.

Sources 1. 1810 Census, (HOH, Place, 0-9 M/F, 10-15 M/F, 16-25 M/F, 26-44 M/F, 45+ M/F), Jacob Mertz, Ruscombmanor Twp, Berks Co, PA, 3/2, 0/0, 0/0, 1/1, 0/0. 2. 1830 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age Bracket Males/Females), Jacob Mertz, Ruscombmanor Twp, Berks Co, PA, 5-9M, 10-14M (2), 50-59M, 15-19F, 50-59F. 3. Frankfort Community Public Library, Jacob Martz and Family Research Project, Author: Jill E Garrison, Genealogy Coordinator, Thorough file search on Jacob done in late 2016. Among the many things found was an 1892 court filing listing the heirs of John Martz requesting from all the other heirs of Jacob clear title to their land.

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Name: William L Mertz (H1b1)1,2,3,4,5,6,7 ————————————————————————— Birth: 19 Dec 1807 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave, matches Mertz Church record) Death: 1 Oct 1883 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Union Cemetery of Bowers, Berks Co, PA Father: John Jacob Mertz (H1b) (1770-~1835) Mother: Elisabeth (1782-1857)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know William from his baptism at Mertz Church by his parents Jacob and Elisabeth. The sponsor was his Uncle Wilhelm who would soon move to Columbia County. He is designated H1b1.

I believe his middle initial L may stand for Link, which others say was his mother’s maiden name.

Relocated and Census Tracking He was listed in the 1840-1870 Census in Maxatawny Township where his grandfather had lived and then in 1880 in Richmond Township.


Death and Find-a-Grave William L Mertz is on find-a-grave, buried at Union Cemetery of Bowers. His birth date on his tombstone matches exactly his birth date from his Mertz Church baptism record.

Known Sons From the 1850 Census, we know Benjamin age 14, Reuben C age 11, William age 7, James (it was Jairus actually) age 5 and a second James age 2. The 1860 Census adds Thomas age 10, Alfred age 6 and Peter age 4.

I typically track further only those born before 1850, so the sons of William’s I have tracked and their designations are:

H1b1a Benjamin born 1836 H1b1b Reuben C born 1838 H1b1c William C born 1843 H1b1d Jairus born 1845 H1b1e James C born 1848

William’s sons Benjamin, Jairus and Alfred all moved to Clinton County and are buried at the same cemetery as their grandfather and several of their uncles. Jairus and Alfred are named Mertz on their tombstones, all the others became Martz.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Maria Clouser ————————————————————————— Birth: 26 Feb 1816 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 25 Jan 1904

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Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Union Cemetery of Bowers, Berks Co, PA

Parent-Proof A release signed by William and Maria says she was the daughter of Peter Clauser. At least five of her sons had the middle initial “C” — for Clouser, I suspect.

Sources 1. Church Records: “Mertz Church,” Rockland Twp, Berks Co, PA, Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths, Repository: Summary Printout from Church Archives, Wilhelm Maerz b.19 Dec 1807 bp.13 Mar 1808 s/o Jacob & Elisabeth sp. Wilhelm Maerz & wf. 2. 1840 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age Bracket Males/Females), William Merts, Maxatawny Twp, <5M (2), 15-19M, 20-29M, <5F, 15-19F, 30-39F. 3. 1850 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), William Peertz, 41, Maxatawney, Berks, PA (all family members spelled Mertz), Mary 36, Benjr 14, Reuben 11, William 7, James 5, James 2, infant male. 4. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), William Martz, 52, Maxatawny, Berks, PA, Mary 44, Benjamin 24, Rhubin 20, William 17, Jerris 15, James P 12, Thomas 10, Alfred 6, Peter 4. 5. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), William Mertz, 62, Richmond, Berks, PA, Mary 54, Thomas 20. 6. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Alfred Mertz 17 and Peter Mertz 14, Bowersville, Berks, PA, next door to William living with Mary Merkel. 7. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), William Mertz, 72, Bowersville, Berks, PA, Mary 62, Peter C 24, Mary 9.

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Name: Benjamin Mertz (H1b1a)1 ————————————————————————— Birth: 12 Aug 1836 Birth Memo: (age at death 37y, 6m, 21d per find-a-grave) Death: 5 Mar 1874 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Fairhaven Cemetery, Mulberry, IN Father: William L Mertz (H1b1) (1807-1883) Mother: Maria Clouser (1816-1904)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know Benjamin from his presence in his father’s household in 1850 and 1860. He is designated H1b1a.

Relocated and Census Tracking When I was unable to find him in 1870 or 1880, and was about to give up on being able to track him, I tried a long shot of doing a nationwide search for him in find-a-grave (with also the Martz spelling just in case) and there he was — buried in the same cemetery as his grandparents in Indiana. He died in 1874 explaining his absence from the 1880 Census. And then I did find him in 1870, his name indexed as Marty, living right there in Madison Township, Clinton County, IN with all his relatives. His wife was Susanna and they had a 1-year old son, George.


Death and Find-a-Grave Benjamin is on find-a-grave. His name on his tombstone is spelled Martz.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Susanna Martz2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 5 Mar 1839 Birth Memo: (age at death 59y, 5m, 13d per find-a-grave) Marriage: 1 Jan 1862 Marr Memo: (Indiana Marriage Index 1800-1941 on Ancestry.com) Death: 18 Aug 1898 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Fairhaven Cemetery, Mulberry, IN Father: John Martz (H1b3) (1810-1888) Mother: Sarah Licklitner (1826-1870)

Parent-Proof Susanna came to my attention first as the wife of Benjamin. I didn’t at first realize that she was not only his wife, she was also his cousin.

Since I knew from her tombstone she lived to 1898, I got curious as to her whereabouts in 1880, her husband having died in 1874. I found a Susanna of the right age — and with son George of the right age — in the household of Jonas Kressel and his wife Fiana (age 44) in Madison Township, so in the right place.

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Also present in that household was Elizabeth Martz, age 66, said to be an Aunt. I immediately recognized her as Jacob’s unmarried daughter. She previously had lived with Jacob’s son John but now was with John’s married daughter Fiana.

And also present was Susanna Martz, age 42, said to be the sister-in-law of Jonas Kressel and George Martz, age 11, said to be a nephew. (All three Martzes were actually indexed by Ancestry as Marty.) I only understood the relationship of Susanna to Jonas that she was the widow of his wife’s cousin and I thought that was simply too complex to express so they simplified it to sister-in-law.

And then I realized that Fianna actually did have a sister Susan who was the same age as Susanna but if that were her unmarried sister, who was George? And then I decided to check Indiana Marriage records for all Martz married in Clinton County and I found Benjamin Martz and Susanna Martz married 1 Jan 1862. Benjamin married his cousin. Susanna was indeed Fianna’s sister, Jonas’s sister-in-law and George indeed their nephew.

Sources 1. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Benjamin Marty, 31, Madison, Clinton, IN, Susannah 28, George 1. 2. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Susanna Marty, 42, Madison, Clinton, PA, George 11, Elizabeth 66 -- all living with Jonas and Fiana Kressel.

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Name: Reuben C Mertz (H1b1b) ————————————————————————— Birth: 15 Aug 1838 Birth Memo: (PA death certificate) Death: 23 Jan 1911 Death Memo: (PA death certificate) Burial: New Jerusalem, Rockland, Berks, PA Father: William L Mertz (H1b1) (1807-1883) Mother: Maria Clouser (1816-1904)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation His death certificate gives his birth and death dates and says he was buried at New Jersusalem Cemetery. The informant was Edgar G Mertz and he did not know the name of Reuben’s father or mother. Edgar was living in Hyde Park and Reuben in Muhlenberg, Berks County.

But I know his parents from Reuben’s presence with his parents in the 1850 and 1860 Census. He is designated H1b1b.

Reuben is on find-a-grave, though his tombstone says 1839-1911.


————————————————————————— Spouse: Sara Anna Kline ————————————————————————— Birth: 1835 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 1914 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: New Jerusalem, Rockland, Berks, PA Father: Jonathan Klein (1799-1874) Mother: Mary (~1805-)

Parent Proof Sara Anna Kline and Reuben C Mertz had a son Edgar Garfield Mertz born 1881.

Edgar Garfield Mertz had a son Edgar Theodore Mertz. Edgar Theodore Mertz and his wife Patty Mertz grew up in Berks County. Patty is an email friend of mine who I worked with to help establish that Edgar and I are not Mertz cousins since he is descended from the John Henry line of Mertzes.

But much to our surprise, she determined that Edgar is a cousin of mine because his grandmother was Sara Klein (or Kline) and she descends from Christina (Mertz) Klein, daughter of John David Mertz. We are both named Mertz, we are cousins, we actually share an immigrant Mertz ancestor — but you cannot learn that from our y-chromosone DNA.

Sources 1. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Reuben Mertz 29, Rockland, Berks, PA, Sarah 32, Charles 9, Mary 8, Annie 4, Alice 2, Frederic 4 months .

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2. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Reuben Mertz, 40, Maxatawny, Berks, PA, Sarah C 43, Annie L 14, George F 11, Philip B F 6, George W 4.

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Name: William C Mertz (H1b1c)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 16 Mar 1843 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 14 Dec 1914 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Union Cemetery of Bowers, Berks Co, PA Father: William L Mertz (H1b1) (1807-1883) Mother: Maria Clouser (1816-1904)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know William C as the son of William L from his presence in his father’s household in the 1850 and 1860 Census. He is designated H1b1c.

His obituary is on find-a-grave: “William Mertz, a well-known resident near Bowers, who died of apoplexy, was aged about 68 years. While at the Easter festival in Trinity Lutheran Church this year he had a slight attack. He is survived by his widow and two sons, James and George, both of Rockland, and one brother, Peter, of Bowers.”


————————————————————————— Spouse: Cordelia Fegely ————————————————————————— Birth: 15 Oct 1846 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 27 Nov 1928 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Union Cemetery of Bowers, Berks Co, PA

Sources 1. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), William Mertz, 26, Maxatawny, Berks, PA, Cordelia 23, James 2, Harrison 7 months. 2. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Wm C Mertz, 37, Rockland, Berks, PA, Cordilia 35, William 9, Ellen 8, Kate 7, John 5, Sallie 3, George 6m.

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Name: Jairus C Mertz (H1b1d)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 1845 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 29 Jun 1920 Death Memo: (Indiana death certificate, find-a-grave says just 1920) Burial: Fairhaven Cemetery, Mulberry, IN Father: William L Mertz (H1b1) (1807-1883) Mother: Maria Clouser (1816-1904)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know Jairus as William’s son since he lived with his father in the 1850 Census (erroneously identified as James) and 1860 (as Jerris). I would have not been able to track him except for the obituary of his brother James C, as cited on find-a-grave, which gives his name as Jairus and says he was living in Indiana. Indeed, I found him in 1880 living in Madison Township, Clinton County, IN — the very place where his grandfather Jacob and most of Jacob’s family had moved in the 1830’s.

Jairus is designated H1b1d. He is on find-a-grave, buried in the same cemetery as his grandfather and uncles and other relatives. What is especially interesting is that Jairus’ grandparents and his uncles and their descendants buried in that cemetery are spelled Martz but the Mertz spelling was retained for Jairus — and also his brother Alfred C who is also at Fairhaven — no doubt because they did not come to Clinton County until much later, a time when spelling had stabilized.


————————————————————————— Spouse: Calantha A ————————————————————————— Birth: 1861 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 1949 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Fairhaven Cemetery, Mulberry, IN

Sources 1. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Jarus Mertz, 24, Longswamp, Berks, PA, lives with Josiah and Sarah Fisher. 2. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Jairus Marty, 35, Madison, Clinton, IN, Calantha 19.

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Name: James C Mertz (H1b1e)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 18 Mar 1848 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 16 Sep 1907 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Hope Cemetery, Kutztown, PA Father: William L Mertz (H1b1) (1807-1883) Mother: Maria Clouser (1816-1904)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know James as the son of William because he ives wth his father in the 1850 and 1860 Census. He is designated H1b1e. He stayed in Berks County.

He is on find-a-grave and an obituary is posted there for him:

“Unbidden the relentless reaper entered homes in the vicinity of Kutztown the past week and cut down dear ones.

James C. Mertz, who last spring moved to Kutztown, could, we are sorry to say, not be with us long. He was a good and peaceable citizen and many regrets are expressed at his sudden and unexpected demise.

He died Monday evening at 7 o-clock at his home on Greenwich street, after suffering a short time with typhoid fever and heart trouble, aged 59 years, 5 months and 28 days. He had been ill less than a weak and bedfast but three days.

He was a son of William and Maria, nee Clouser, Mertz, and was born March 18, 1848. On June 18, 1874, he was married to Miss Malinda W. Adams, of Richmond, who survives with these children: John A., of Lancaster County; Esther Maria, wife of Alvin Smith, of Shoemakersville; Lillie Cora, wife of Milton Seidel, of Reading; Anna Bertha, wife of Tilghman Sittler, of Mill Creek Creamery, Maxatawny; James Austin, of Lancaster County. These brothers remain: Reuben, of Fleetwood; William C., of Reading; Peter, of Bowers, and Jairus, of Indiana.”


————————————————————————— Spouse: Malinda Adams ————————————————————————— Birth: 28 Nov 1851 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 2 Dec 1936 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Hope Cemetery, Kutztown, PA

Sources 1. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), J G Mertz, 23, Maxatawny, Berks, PA, -- student at Keystone S H S. 2. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Wes C Mertz (James not Wes on inspection), 32, Kutztown, Berks, PA, Malinda W 28, John A 8, Hattie M 5, Lillie C 5, Annie B 1, Emma L Wanner 15.

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Name: Solomon Martz (H1b2)1,2,3,4,5 ————————————————————————— Birth: 24 Mar 1809 Birth Memo: (age on tombstone) Death: 10 Jun 1881 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Fairhaven Cemetery, Mulberry, IN Father: John Jacob Mertz (H1b) (1770-~1835) Mother: Elisabeth (1782-1857)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation When Jacob Martz of Clinton County, Indiana died, letters of administration were issued for his estate to Elizabeth the widow and Solomon Martz. Solomon was also appointed guardian of Jacob’s minor children. It only makes sense that Solomon was Jacob’s son. His age places him squarely in the timeframe that Jacob and Elizabeth were baptizing their children at Mertz Church. He is designated H1b2.

Proof of this relationship comes in the form of the 1892 court filing by John’s heirs against Jacob’s other heirs. Solomon had died but we find these names in exactly this order: Eliza, Gideon (and Mollie his wife), Daniel, Moses F — all of them named Martz — and Rebecca Rowe. This is Solomon’s widow and their surviving children.


Discrepancies I first became aware of this Solomon when I was researching the Martz family of Rockingham, Virginia. This Solomon buried in Clinton County was linked on find-a-grave to Catherine (Nave) Martz of the Rockingham family as his mother.

While I knew it was true that Catherine had a son Solomon, I believe he never left Virginia and in fact is buried there. So I did some more research on the two different, in my opinion, Solomons. Here are some things I learned:

In the 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880 Census, Solomon in Clinton County said that he was born in Pennsylvania and also said in 1880 both his parents had been.

Catherine's son Solomon was, of course, born in Virginia. I don't think she or her husband were born in Pennsylvania.

A different Solomon can be found in the 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880 Census in Rockingham County, right where he belongs. He always said he was born in Virginia.

In 1850, 1860 and 1870, Solomon of Virginia lived with his wife Susan and his older brother George. Then in 1880, he was a widower, George had probably died, and Solomon said he and his parents were all born in Virginia.

Turning to the 1840 Census, you will find Solomon in Clinton County. But you will also find in the household headed by George Martz in Rockingham a younger male (I would guess it was Solomon) and an older woman (I would guess it was Catherine.)

While I recognized all these things as discrepancies, I didn’t understand who Solomon really was until I began to research the family of Jacob Martz who, it turns out, is buried in the

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same cemetery as Solomon. So at the point, I theorized Solomon must be Jacob’s son, which theory is now proven.

But it gets even more confusing. There is an Indiana marriage record of Solomon Martz to Eliza Rex 11 Nov 1847. This I believe was Solomon’s second marriage. That marriage is cited in a family tree I found of the Rockingham Martz family as if that was Solomon from Virginia. It wasn’t, his wife was Susan. It was Solomon, recently arrived from Berks County, who married Eliza.

And finally, there is this. The find-a-grave memorial for Solomon Mertz in Clinton County, has a photo of his tombstone saying he died 10 Jun 1881 and it clearly states his age from which I compute a date of birth of 24 Mar 1809. Despite that very clear evidence, the find-a-grave memorial says he was born in 1812 — because that’s when Solomon of Virginia was born.

Relocated and Census Tracking Solomon was first listed in Census in 1840, he was in Clinton County. We know he was already there by 1835 when his father’s estate was administered. His household in 1840 included many adults of all ages. I believe Jacob and Elizabeth and some — but not all — of their sons and daughters moved from Berks County in the the early 1830’s and many of them, including his mother Elizabeth, were living with Solomon in 1840.

Death and Find-a-Grave Solomon is on find-a-grave. His memorial started out with an erroneous date of birth and with him linked to the wrong mother. I have gotten all those things straightened out.

Known Sons From the 1850 Census, Solomon had four sons born before 1850: Joseph age 8, Noah age 7, Levi age 5 and Gideon age 2. They all lived with Solomon in 1860 and then the three older ones disappeared from his 1870 household and finally Gideon disappeared by 1880. The question is what happened to them?

Referring to the 1892 court filing, only Gideon of those four was listed — so my assumption is the others all died young. Daniel and Moses were also listed but they were born after 1850 so I have not even tried to track them further.

As to Gideon, there is a Gideon Martz, age 31, in Tipton, Cass, IN in the 1880 Census who could be Solomon’s son. His wife was Mary who could well be the wife “Mollie” as named in the 1892 court filing so I believe I have found Gideon.

Gideon, Daniel and Moses would have been the sons of Eliza Rex, while the others were sons of Solomon’s first wife, whose name I don’t know.

Sources 1. 1840 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age Bracket Males/Females), Soloman Martz, Clinton Co, IN, 15-19M, 20-29M (2), 30-39M, 20-29F, 50-59F. 2. 1850 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Solomon Marty, 40, Washington, Clinton, IN, Eliza 26, Joseph 8, Noah 7, Levi 5, Gideon 2, Mary A new born. 3. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Solomon Martz, 51, Madison, Clinton, IN, Eliza 37, Joseph 18, Noah 17, Levi 15, Gedeon 12, Mary 10, Daniel 5, Margaret A 4 months. 4. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Sol Marty, 60, Eliza 47, Gideon 22, Daniel 15, Balm 10, Moses 5.

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5. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Solomon Marty, 71, Madison, Clinton, IN, 57, Rebecca 20, Moses F 14.

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Name: Gideon Martz (H1b2a)1 ————————————————————————— Birth: 1848 Birth Memo: (age 2 in 1850) Death: 26 Feb 1911 Death Memo: (Carroll County death record) Father: Solomon Martz (H1b2) (1809-1881) Mother: Eliza Rex (1823-1894)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation I know Solomon had a son Gideon age 2 in 1850. I know, from the 1892 court filing that Gideon was still alive at the time of that filing, that his wife was Mollie and that they thought Gideon was living in Tippecanoe County at the time of that filing.

So I am quite sure the 1872 marriage record I found for Gideon Martz and Mary E Snyder in Tippecanoe County was this Gideon.

I also believe that the Gideon Martz in Cass County, IN in 1880 and 1900 with wife Mary was him. Mary of Jacob's family ended up in Cass County. Gideon is designated H1b2a.


Death and Find-a-Grave I found the death record of Gideon Martz age 63 who died in 1911 in Carroll County, IN. There is very little to go on to be sure this is the Gideon of interest but I note that his age suggests he was born about 1848 which fits what I know about this Gideon and I also know that his uncle Jacob is buried in Carroll County.

He is not on find-a-grave.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Mary E Snyder ————————————————————————— Marriage: 3 Oct 1872 Tippecanoe Co, IN Marr Memo: (Indiana Marriage records)

Sources 1. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Gideon Martz, 31, Tipton, Cass Co, IN, Mary 24, Daisy 4, Woody F 1.

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Name: John Martz (H1b3)1,2,3,4,5 ————————————————————————— Birth: 10 Oct 1810 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 20 Apr 1888 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Fairhaven Cemetery, Mulberry, IN Father: John Jacob Mertz (H1b) (1770-~1835) Mother: Elisabeth (1782-1857) Other spouses: Sarah Lecklitner

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation John’s baptism went unrecorded. He was born in the time period when Jacob and Elizabeth were having their children. It is the release filed by William Mertz of Berks County to John Mertz of Clinton County that ties John to Jacob and then the fact that in the 1850 Census, it looks like Jacob’s widow and daughter — both named Elizabeth — were living with John. He is designated H1b3.

One further piece of evidence linking John to Jacob is that in 1892, John’s heirs, seeking to partition the land they inherited from him that he had bought of his father’s heirs, realized that they could not prove clear title because John had not filed all the necessary paperwork from each other of Jacob’s heirs assenting to his purchase of the land.

This wonderful document includes a very lengthy list of both John’s heirs, the “plaintiffs”, and Jacob’s other heirs, the “defendants”. I don’t think this filing in any way represents a dispute, I think it is just a filing to document the effort to clear the title. I assume all the releases they sought were proferred.


Relocated and Census Tracking 1840. John Mertz lived in Maxatawny Township, age 20-29. But was it this John, age 29, or his cousin John (H1c1), age 27? Based on the tick marks, I think it was this John who had two daughters and one son by 1840 — the other John had no children until the 1840’s.

1850. John lived in Clinton County, IN with his second wife Sarah and his children. His mother Elizabeth age 67 and sister Elizabeth age 34 lived in his household. He then stayed in Clinton County.

Death and Find-a-Grave John is on find-a-grave linked to Jacob as his father.

Known Sons John had a large family including six sons. By first wife Leah, he had Eli and Jonathan. By second wife Sarah he had Simon, Adam Luther and Seymour. Eli, Jonathan and Simon were all born before 1850 and are therefore the only of his sons who meet my criteria to track further. But as Simon was not present in John’s 1860 household (nor listed on the 1892 court filing), I assume he died young.

Jonathan is a problem. I know he was still alive in 1892 because he is named as a plaintiff on that filing and it also lists his wife Sallie but I cannot find him after 1870, when he still lived at home. If he was listed as John on the 1880 Census or thereafter, it is just too common a name to be sure who is who.

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So the only son I have tracked further is: H1b3a Eli born 1840. If I ever find Jonathan, he will be designated H1b3b.

Known Daughters There were three daughters in John’s 1850 household and several more in later Censuses. The two of interest to me were “Vienna” (I think it was Fianna) and Susan because I have concluded that Susan married her cousin Benjamin who came out from Berks County sometime in about 1861 and after he died, Susanna was living with her sister Fianna in 1880. Elizabeth, Fianna’s aunt who never married, also lived with her in 1870 and 1880.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Leah Merkel ————————————————————————— Birth: 1812 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 29 Aug 1846 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Fairhaven Cemetery, Mulberry, IN

Parent-Proof In the 1880 Census, John’s son Adam was living with his other son Eli. Adam, almost 20 years younger than Eli, was described as a half-brother. So the marriage record I found of John to Sarah Lacklitner, whose name is given as Salome Lecklitner on her find-a-grave memorial, was clearly a second marriage. He married Sarah/Salome 29 Jun 1847.

This is confirmed by the fact that Leah Merkel is also linked to John on find-a-grave as his first wife. She died in 1846.

Sources 1. 1840 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age Bracket Males/Females), John Marts, Maxatawny Twp, Berks Co, PA, 5-9M, 10-14M, 15-19M, 20-29M, <5F (2), 15-19F, 20-29F. 2. 1850 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), John Martz, 40, Madison, Clinton, IN, Sarah 28, Vienna 14, Susan 12, Eli 10, Jonathan 7, Elizabeth 5, Simeon newborn, Elizabeth 67, Elizabeth 34. 3. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), John Martz, 49, Madison, Clinton, IN, Saloma 34, Susan 21, Eli 18, Johnathan 16, Mary E 14, Eve 8, Maria 5, Hannah 3, Adam 11m and Elizabeth 47. 4. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), John Marty, 58, Madison, Clinton, IN, Eve 17, Eli 30, Johnethan 26, Hannah 13, Luther 11, Seymour 1, Eliza 10, Liddy 7. 5. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), John Marty, 69, Madison, Clinton, IN, Mary A 58, Lydia 15, Seymour 13, Levi 21.

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Name: Eli Martz (H1b3a)1 ————————————————————————— Birth: 1841 Birth Memo: (age 78 at death, age 39 in 1880) Death: 16 Aug 1919 Death Memo: (Indiana death record on LDS) Father: John Martz (H1b3) (1810-1888) Mother: Leah Merkel (1812-1846)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation An Indiana death certificate was filed for Eli Martz of Mulberry, Indiana. It says he was born in 1841 in Pennsylvania and died in 1919. It further says he was the son of Solomon Martz and Susan Merkel. I think it is wrong — at least in terms of the name of his father.

The informant on this death certificate was George Mertz (not Martz?). I’m not sure who he was, I don’t think he was Eli’s son or brother, so I’m willing to believe whoever he was he momentarily got confused.

I think Eli was the son of John (Solomon’s brother). The reasons I think this are:

1. He lived with John in 1850-1870.

2. He was listed with wife Estella as a plaintiff on the 1892 petition. The plaintiffs were the children of John, Solomon’s children were among the defendants.

3. In 1880, Adam was a member of his household described as a half-brother.

4. John stayed behind in Pennsylvania when the rest of the family, including Solomon, came to Indiana in the 1830’s. John didn’t come until sometime in the 1840’s. Eli, the death certificate says, was born in PA in 1841.

So I’m fairly certain that Solomon was not Eli’s father, John was. But who was Susan Merkel? John’s first wife was Leah Merkel. Did she also go by Susan? Was George Mertz wrong on her name too, in her case just her first name?

Or, was Susan Merkel in fact Solomon’s first wife, whose name I don’t know? If that is true then the informant got the names of the couple (Solomon and Susan) right, but they were not the parents, I don’t think.

Eli is designated H1b3a.

Death and Find-a-Grave Eli is not on find-a-grave but according to his death certificate he was to be buried at Fairhaven.


————————————————————————— Spouse: Theresa A Breckinridge ————————————————————————— Marriage: 28 Oct 1875 Marr Memo: (Indiana Marriage Index 1800-1941 on Ancestry.com)

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Parent-Proof Her name was given as Thuressa A Breckinridge on their marriage record, Teresh on the 1880 Census and it was Estella (I assume all the same woman) on the 1892 court filing.

Sources 1. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Eli Marty, 39, Madison, Clinton, IN, Teresh E 28, Norah B 2, Adam L half-brother, Albert Reder 21.

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Name: Heinrich Martz (H1b4)1,2,3,4,5 ————————————————————————— Birth: 11 May 1816 Birth Memo: (Mertz Church, find-a-grave says 11 Mar 1815) Death: 27 Dec 1894 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Fairhaven Cemetery, Mulberry, IN Father: John Jacob Mertz (H1b) (1770-~1835) Mother: Elisabeth (1782-1857)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know Heinrich, son of Jacob and Elizabeth, from his baptism at Mertz Church; the record says he was born 11 May 1816. There is a Henry Martz linked to, as his father and mother, Jacob and Elizabeth Martz in Fairhaven Cemetery in Clinton County, IN; the find-a-grave record says he was born 11 Mar 1815. I think it is the same three people from the Mertz Church baptism. Henry is designated H1b4.

Henry and his wife Sarah were named as “defendants” on the 1892 court filing by John’s heirs since Henry was an heir of Jacob.


Discrepancies The date of death for Henry Martz buried at Fairhaven is given as 27 Dec 1894. And I separately found a funeral home burial record for him that says he died 30 Dec 1894 age 79y 6m 22d. Curiously, the arithmetic works out to a birth of 8 Jun 1815. Now of course I'd like it better if it worked out to 11 May 1816 but these kinds of errors occurred more often than you might think on old tombstones.

So where did the birth date on his find-a-grave memorial come from? It is one of those dates that, in my opinion, while discrepant, still resonates. 11 May 1816, 11 Mar 1815.

Relocated and Census Tracking After moving from Berks County, PA to Clinton County, IN, probably when his father did in the early 1830’s, Henry lived the remainder of his life in Clinton County.

Known Sons From the 1850 Census, we know of sons Jacob and William H. Henry had several more sons born after 1850. But I only have bothered to track those born before 1850:

H1b4a Jacob born 1843 H1b4b William H born 1849

————————————————————————— Spouse: Sarah Swander ————————————————————————— Birth: 2 Oct 1824 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 14 Apr 1907 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Fairhaven Cemetery, Mulberry, IN

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Parent-Proof Henry Martz married Sarah Swander on 25 Dec 1842 in Clinton County. They had a son, Jacob, in 1843.

Sources 1. Church Records: “Mertz Church,” Rockland Twp, Berks Co, PA, Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths, Repository: Summary Printout from Church Archives, Heinrich Mertz s/o Jakub & Elisabeth b. 11 May 1816 bp. 3 Jun. 2. 1850 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Henry Martz, 32, Madison, Clinton IN, Sarah 25, Jacob 6, Elizabeth S 5, Caroline 3, William H 1. 3. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Henry Marts, 44, Washington, Clinton, IN, Sarah 39, Jacob 16, Caroline 13, William H 10, John H 8, Benjamin F 7, Daniel A 6, Levi 1, Mary J 1m. 4. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Henry Marts, 53, Madison, Clinton, IN, Sarah 44, Caroline 22, William 20, John 18, Benjamin 14, Daniel 12, Levi 10, Edmond 6, Eli James 4. 5. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Henry Marty, 64, Madison, Clinton, IN, Sarah 56, John D 28, Benjamin F 25, Edmond 17, Eli J 15, Jerome Swander 9.

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Name: Jacob Martz (H1b4a)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 5 Sep 1843 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 28 Sep 1923 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Glendale Cemetery, Van Buren Co, MI Father: Heinrich Martz (H1b4) (1816-1894) Mother: Sarah Swander (1824-1907)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know Jacob as Henry’s son from his presence in his father’s household in the 1850 and 1860 Census. He is designated H1b4a.

He is on find-a-grave, linked to Henry, but buried in Van Buren County, Michigan. Knowing that, I was able to find him in the 1900 Census in that place and then, knowing the names of his wife and children, I could trace back and find him in earlier Censuses.

In 1880, he was in Whitley County, Indiana. I cannot find him anywhere in 1870.


————————————————————————— Spouse: Mary Elizabeth Miller ————————————————————————— Birth: 25 Sep 1849 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 30 Jan 1932 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Glendale Cemetery, Van Buren Co, MI

Sources 1. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Jacob Martz, 36, Cherubusco, Whitley, IN, Mary 32, George P 12, Samuel A 9, Daisie M 3. 2. 1900 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Born (mmm yr), # yr Married, Female # Children/# Living, Birthplace, Additional Persons, Marital Status), Jacob Martz, 58, Waverly, Van Buren, IN, Mary E 50, George 32, Samuel A 30, Daisy M Williams 22, Essay A Williams 2.

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Name: William H Martz (H1b4b)1 ————————————————————————— Birth: 13 Jul 1849 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 19 Jan 1931 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Fairhaven Cemetery, Mulberry, IN Father: Heinrich Martz (H1b4) (1816-1894) Mother: Sarah Swander (1824-1907)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know William H as Henry’s son from his presence in his father’s household in the 1850-1870 Census. He is designated H1b4b.

He is on find-a-grave, linked to Henry. He stayed in Clinton County.


————————————————————————— Spouse: Lydia Ellen Slagle ————————————————————————— Birth: 10 Feb 1847 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 24 Jul 1906 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Fairhaven Cemetery, Mulberry, IN

Sources 1. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), William Marty, 30, Madison, Clinton, IN, Lidia A 32, Lucy A 6, Susan E 4, Alice Slagle 15.

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Name: Jacob Martz (H1b5)1,2,3,4 ————————————————————————— Birth: 3 Oct 1820 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave, Mertz Church is different and probably wrong) Death: 27 Jan 1887 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: St Johns Cemetery, Carroll Co, IN Father: John Jacob Mertz (H1b) (1770-~1835) Mother: Elisabeth (1782-1857)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know Jacob from his baptism at Mertz Church though the transcription I have gives his birth date as 10 Nov 1819. But that may not be right since it is too close to his sister Judith who was born, supposedly, 19 May 1819.

I noticed Jacob as early as the 1850 Census right where the family of the older Jacob who had come out from Berks County was in Madison Township, Clinton County, so it was an obvious guess that he must be Jacob’s son. Through Census, I could then track him to Tippicanoe, IN by 1880 and then his son to Carroll County by 1900. And from Census, I knew the names of his wife and children.

It is the 1892 court filing naming Jacob’s children and, if deceased, their children, which proves Jacob, indeed, was Jacob’s son. He had died but his wife Polly and three children: David, Joseph and Julia Reddenbaugh were named. Jacob is designated H1b5.


Death and Find-a-Grave He is on find-a-grave in Carroll County, IN. The tombstone photo says died 27 Jan 1887 age 66y, 3m, 24d which computes to a birth date of 3 Oct 1820. Inexplicably, the find-a-grave memorial for him says birth date 5 May 1820.

Known Sons Jacob had several sons but only one, David, was born before 1850 and so is the only one I have tracked further.

H1b5a David born 1850

————————————————————————— Spouse: Mary (Polly) Lecklitner ————————————————————————— Birth: 1 Jul 1828 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Marriage: 21 Feb 1849 Clinton Co, IN Marr Memo: (Indiana marriage record) Death: 1 Jun 1904 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: St Johns Cemetery, Carroll Co, IN Father: Moses Lecklitner

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Parent-Proof Jacob Mertz married Polly Licklitner (sic) 21 Feb 1849 in Clinton County. She is identified as the daughter of Moses in The History of Clinton County, Indiana. Her sister Sarah was the second wife of Jacob’s brother John.

Sources 1. 1850 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Jacob Martz, 28, Madison, Clinton, IN, Mary 21, David new born. 2. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Jacob Martz, 38, Madison, Clinton, IN, Polly 31, David 10, Juda 7, Owen 2. 3. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Jacob Martz, 49, Perry, Tippecanoe, IN, Polly 42, David 20, Owen 12, Joseph 7, Judy 18. 4. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Jacob Mertz, 59, Perry, Tippecanoe, IN, Polly 52, David 30, Juda 26, Owen 22, Joseph 17. 5. 1900 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Born (mmm yr), # yr Married, Female # Children/# Living, Birthplace, Additional Persons, Marital Status), David Martz, 50, Clay, Carroll, IN, Mary L 38, Rosa 16, Ada E 12, Mamie V 4, Lawrence Haag 11.

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Name: David Martz (H1b5a)1 ————————————————————————— Birth: 1850 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 1920 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: St Johns Cemetery, Carroll Co, IN Father: Jacob Martz (H1b5) (1819-1887) Mother: Mary (Polly) Lecklitner (1828-1904)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know David as Jacob’s son from his appearance in his father’s household in 1850-1880. David is designated H1b5a.


————————————————————————— Spouse: Mary Louise Haag ————————————————————————— Birth: 1863 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 1928 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: St Johns Cemetery, Carroll Co, IN

Sources 1. 1900 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Born (mmm yr), # yr Married, Female # Children/# Living, Birthplace, Additional Persons, Marital Status), David Martz, 50, Clay, Carroll, IN, Mary L 38, Rosa 16, Ada E 12, Mamie V 4, Lawrence Haag 11.

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Name: Philip Heinrich Mertz (H1c)1,2,3 ————————————————————————— Birth: 8 Oct 1772 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave, Mertz Church record says 19 Oct 1772) Death: 15 Jun 1854 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Mertz Church, Rockland Twp, Berks Co, PA Father: Johann Philip Mertz (H1) (1738-~1815) Mother: Catharina Elisabetha Quierin

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation Philip is known from his baptism at Mertz Church by his parents Philip and Catharina. That birth record says he was born 19 Oct 1772. He is designated H1c.

Relocated and Census Tracking I first find Philip in Census in 1840 in Maxatawny Township where his father had lived. He was there too in 1850. I would have thought he would have shown up earlier but I cannot find him.

In the 1800 Census, Philip Sr’s household included several younger males: one age 10-16, 3 age 16-26 and 1 26-45. I would bet Philip Jr was one of them as well his other sons, none of whom had yet married.

But the 1810 Census may be more informative. In addition to Philip Sr, and Catharina, there was a younger male and female both age 26-45 present and also two females age 0-9. In 1810, I can find Philip Sr’s others sons elsewhere in Census, only Philip Jr cannot be found. We know he was married and had at least one daughter by 1810 so my conclusion is Philip Jr and his now growing family were living with his father in 1810.


Death and Find-a-Grave There is a memorial for him at Mertz Church, though the photo is of his wife Sara’s tombstone. Somewhere I saw that he had been buried at Zion’s (aka Ziegel’s) Church in Windsor Township. I don’t know where I got that information. Patty Mertz said he was buried at Mertz Church and it certainly would be logical that he was there. But why no photo?

In any event, he is on find-a-grave — at Mertz Church. The birth date given there is 8 Oct 1772, slightly off from the church record.

Known Daughters Louis Fackler found this: “The German Reformed Church Archives in Lancaster, Pennsylvania were searched and a card, marked Taufschein Heffner Collection, had the following information: Catharina Mertz was born to Philip Mertz, Jr. (Philip Heinrich Mertz, born in 1772) and Sarah Loscher Mertz on 23 February 1803 in Maxatawny. She was baptized on 4 March 1803 by Reverend Daniel Lehman. The sponsors were Philip Mertz and his wife Catharina, the grandparents.” Louis concludes “the baby, Catharina, was named for her grandmother, Catharina Quierin.”

There may have been other daughters. For example, I found a Wiki profile for Judith (Mertz) Kutz born in 1815 and one for Elizabeth Ann (Mertz) Kutz born in 1807 (her find-a-

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grave memorial says 1804). Judith was the wife of Nathan Kutz and Elizabeth the wife of Joseph Kutz. How Nathan was related to Joseph has not yet been determined.

About Judith, I found an Ancestry Family Tree that says her father was Philip Heinrich Mertz with no source given of how that fact is known. Nonetheless, it makes perfect sense. Her birth date fits nicely with those of PHM's known sons. Moreover, Judith is a name that was used in this family. For example, PHM's brother, John Jacob Mertz, baptized a daughter Judith in 1819.

About Elizabeth, she is buried at Fairview Cemetery in Kutztown where another of PHM's granddaughters, Sara Ann, is also buried. Philip’s whole family lived in or near that place. Her birth date, too, whether 1804 or 1807, is in the right range.

Several death certificates of children of Joseph and Elizabeth Kutz name her as Elizabeth Mertz so there is no question in my mind that was indeed her maiden name. And a descendant of this couple has done research on the Kutz family and knows that Joseph was likely living in Maxatawney Township when he met and married Elizabeth.

There is a discrepancy as to her name, though. Her find-a-grave memorial says her name was Elizabeth Mary Mertz, there is a photo of her tombstone there but it is totally unreadable. Her Wiki profile says she was Elizabeth Ann. I don’t know which is true.

So I believe a good guess, until further information comes along, is that both of these women were Philip’s daughters.

Known Sons From Patty Mertz. “Philip Heinrich, born 8 Oct. 1772, died 15 Jun 1854. He shows up in the 1850 Census in Maxatawny, with land valued at $8,000. His wife, Sarah Lefeber or Loescher, had died in 1844 and is buried at Mertz Church, where Philip H and their two sons will also RIP. The sons are Benjamin who died in 1826, and John who farmed his father's land and died the year after his father, at age 40. John Mertz, born 1815, was the father of William Mertz, born in 1848.”

I agree that his son Benjamin was born 7 Nov 1811 and died 2 Jul 1826 and is buried at Mertz Church.

I agree that his son John was born 4 Oct 1813 and died 24 Jan 1855. It is the issue of John’s children where things get confusing.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Sarah Lescher ————————————————————————— Birth: 1 Sep 1778 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 4 Oct 1844 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Mertz Church, Rockland Twp, Berks Co, PA

Sources 1. Church Records: “Mertz Church,” Rockland Twp, Berks Co, PA, Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths, Repository: Summary Printout from Church Archives, Philip Heinrich Mertz b.19 Oct 1772 bp.15 Nov s/o Philip and Catharina sp. Maria Magdalena Waner.

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2. 1840 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age Bracket Males/Females), Philip Merts, Maxatawny Twp, Berks Co, PA, <5M, 15-19M, 20-29M, 60-69M, <5F, 20-29F, 50-59F. 3. 1850 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Philip Mertz, 76, Maxatawny, Berks, PA, lives with John 35, Mary 28, Susanna C 4, William 2.

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Name: John Mertz (H1c1)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 4 Oct 1813 Birth Memo: (Berks County death record) Death: 24 Jan 1855 Death Memo: (Berks County death record) Burial: Mertz Church, Rockland Twp, Berks Co, PA Father: Philip Heinrich Mertz (H1c) (1772-1854) Mother: Sarah Lescher (1778-1844)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation There is a transcription of Berks County death records from the brief 1852-1855 period when such records were kept in most Pennsylvania counties. I found it in the Berks County Genweb Archives on-line.

The record for John Mertz (4 Oct 1813 - 24 Jan 1855) was there. It also gave his age at death as 41 years, 3 months, 11 days — which, if the date of death is correct, would compute to a birth date of 13 Oct 1813, so there is a slight discrepancy there. It said he was born in Maxatawny Township, was the son of Philip Henry Mertz and his wife Sarah, and that he was buried at Mertz Church.

His wife was Mary and he had surviving issue Catherine, Susanna and Sarah Ann.

John is designated H1c1.

Death and Find-a-Grave John is on find-a-grave.

All narrative and commentary © 2016 Oakey Mertz. All rights reserved. Known Daughters Listed as living issue for John on his death record apparently were Catherine, Susanna and Mary Ann. However, after his death petitions for guardians were filed for just two daughters: Sarah Ann and Susanna Catherine. I believe there were but two daughters.

John and Maria baptized daughter Susanna in 1846. There is a death certificate for Susan C Arff (1846-1930) that says she was the daughter of John and Mary (Bieber) Mertz.

And, there is a death certificate for Sallie Ann Deisher (1850-1921), daughter of John and Mary (Bieber) Mertz. She would be aka Sarah Ann.

Known Sons Despite no son being listed for John on his death record, there in fact was a son — born a month and a half after John’s death. That son was John Henry. A petition for a guardian for him was also filed and he can be found in the 1870 Census living with his (remarried) mother in 1870. Finally his death certificate confirms all of this.

H1c1a John Henry born 1855

John and Maria baptized a son William Philip in 1848, he apparently died in 1852. He is linked to his parent on find-a-grave, though his name is given there as William B.

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————————————————————————— Spouse: Mary Bieber3,4 ————————————————————————— Birth: 28 Feb 1820 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 12 Dec 1900 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Mertz Church, Rockland Twp, Berks Co, PA

Parent-Proof We know the name of John’s wife from three death certificates of their three (surviving) children. From the 1870 Census, it is apparent she married second Benneville Boyer, and she is linked to him as his wife on find-a-grave.

Sources 1. Probate Records Berks County, PA, 1700’s to current, Wills, Estate Files, Repository: LDS On-line Images, Also now on Ancestry.com, John Mertz, image 1226 in appropriate tranch. 2. 1850 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), John Mertz, 35, Maxatawny, Berks, PA, Mary 28, Susanna C 4, William 2, Philip 76. 3. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Beneville Boyer 43, Maxatawny, Berks, PA, Mary 46 + John Mertz 16, Sarah Mertz 19. 4. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Beneville Boyer 52, Maxatawny, Berks, PA, Mary 59.

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Name: John Henry Mertz (H1c1a)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 14 Apr 1855 Birth Memo: (death certificate and find-a-grave) Death: 2 Feb 1929 Death Memo: (death certificate and find-a-grave) Burial: Mertz Church, Rockland Twp, Berks Co, PA Father: John Mertz (1813-1855) Mother: Mary Bieber (1820-1900)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know John Henry as the son of John and Mary (Bieber) Mertz from his death certificate and from a petition for a guardian filed by his mother on his behalf after John’s death. Curiously, John Henry was born after the death of his father. John Henry is designated H1c1a.

In 1870, he lived with his mother and his step-father, Benneville Boyer, and by 1880, he had married but lived still in Maxatawny. John Henry is on find-a-grave.


————————————————————————— Spouse: Sarah Ann Deisher ————————————————————————— Birth: 8 Aug 1853 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Marriage: 26 Jul 1874 Marr Memo: (find-a-grave bio) Death: 27 Oct 1940 Death Memo: (find-a-grave)

Parent-Proof John Henry married Sarah Ann Deisher. His sister, also named Sarah Ann married William Deisher, brother of Sarah Ann. Got it?

Sources 1. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), John Mertz, 16, Maxatawny, Berks, PA, lives with Beneville Boyer and his wife Mary 46 (his mother). 2. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), John H Mertz, 25, Maxatwney, Berks, PA, Sarah A 26, Annie R 1, Emma Schaeffer 11.

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Name: Daniel Mertz (H1d)1,2,3,4,5 -------------------------------------------------- Birth: 15 Mar 1779 Birth Memo: (Louis Fackler, find-a-grave says 15 Dec 1777 and I think 15 Dec 1778) Death: 25 Apr 1851 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Shells Cemetery, Shellsville, Dauphin Co, PA Father: Johann Philip Mertz (H1) (1738-~1815) Mother: Catharina Elisabetha Quierin

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation Of all the children of John Philip and Catharina, the one of most interest to me is their son Daniel. Daniel was the ancestor of an email friend of mine named Louis Fackler and Louis had traced his ancestry to Isaac Martz who settled in Northumberland County by 1860. He had determined that Isaac was born in Dauphin County and was the son of Daniel Martz who appeared in Dauphin County by about 1812. Louis had determined that Daniel had married Maria Stoudt in 1806 in Maxatawny Township, Berks County and he believed, based on Daniel’s tombstone, that Daniel had been born 15 Mar 1779.

The question of course was -- who was Daniel’s father? There was a Daniel Mertz baptized at Longswamp said to have been born 9 Nov 1779, son of Peter Jr. Anyone that Louis had discussed his ancestry with immediately concluded that was his guy -- the only Daniel Mertz for whom there was a baptism record in Berks County in the right time period. So what if there was that little birth date discrepancy, it was only a matter of a few months? End of discussion.

Then Louis found me. He was intrigued by my story of the two Philips, that for only one of them was there an actual baptism record. I told him and showed him evidence that Peter Jr. had come to Northumberland County by 1790, obviously bringing his 11 year old son Daniel with him and that Daniel, in fact, was listed in the Northumberland County Census in 1810 and 1820. Louis and I agreed it made no sense for Daniel to have gone back to Berks County to marry and how could he be living in both Northumberland and Dauphin County at the same time?

I encouraged Louis to come up with a different theory as to who his Daniel was and to pursue that theory until he became convinced it was right or else proved it wrong. Louis did exactly that. His initial theory was that Daniel's Maxatawny Township marriage pointed to John Philip as his father since he lived there in the 1790-1810 Census. He noted that Philip had an extra son in early Census records -- one more than the number of known sons he had baptized. And then after several years of further searching, he finally found the tax records for Maxatawny for 1810 and it was noted in those records that Daniel had paid the taxes for both himself and Philip. Case closed. Daniel is designated H1d.

Louis Fackler wrote a book The Ancestral History of Forrest Louis Fackler in which he documents how he was able to conclude that Philip and Catharina had a son Daniel whose baptism went unrecorded but who existed nonetheless.


Relocated and Census Tracking Daniel was actually reported in Maxatawny Township in the 1810 Census, indexed as Danl Mary — so he was hard to recognize. Then in 1820 to 1850, he was in Dauphin County.

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Discrepancies Amazingly enough there was another Daniel Martz whose wife also was Maria Stout — two entirely different people. The other one was of the Columbia County line and both Daniel and Mary Stout of Columbia County were a generation younger than Daniel and Maria Stoudt of Dauphin County.

Death and Find-a-Grave Daniel is on find-a-grave. There is a photo of his tombstone there and I think the date of death is pretty clear and I agree with both find-a-grave and Louis Fackler that Daniel died 25 Apr 1851. The tombstone does not give a date of birth but does give an age at death.

Louis must have read the age as saying 72 years, 1 month and 10 days — which is why he told me he thought Daniel was born 15 Mar 1779. His birth date is given on find-a-grave as 15 Dec 1777 (as of 2018, I think it was different previously) — meaning it is being read as saying 73 years, 4 months and 10 days. I believe I can see that it does seem to say 4 months, not 1 month — but I think it says 72 years not 73 — so my interpretation would be born 15 Dec 1778. Take your pick. He’s Louis’ ancestor, I have gone for now with him.

Known Daughters Louis Fackler lists Mary Anna born 1820 and Susannah born 1829.

Known Sons Louis Fackler lists William, John, Daniel, David, Isaac, Jacob and possibly Adam as Daniel’s sons.. There was an Adam who lived with David in 1850, age 21, so could well have been David’s younger brother. But Adam then disappears and is therefore not designated.

I know exact birth dates for most of these sons, except William, believed to be the oldest and Jacob, believed to be the youngest.

H1d1 William born 1806 H1d2 Daniel born 1815 H1d3 John born 1816 H1d4 David born 1822 H1d5 Isaac born 1825 H1d6 Jacob born 1831

-------------------------------------------------- Spouse: Maria Stoudt -------------------------------------------------- Birth: 1 Mar 1788 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Marriage: 28 Jan 1806 Marr Memo: Reading Adler newspaper clipping Death: 1 May 1851 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Shells Cemetery, Shellsville, Dauphin Co, PA

Sources 1. 1810 Census, (HOH, Place, 0-9 M/F, 10-15 M/F, 16-25 M/F, 26-44 M/F, 45+ M/F), Danl Mary, Maxatawny Twp, Berks Co, PA, 2/1, 1/1, 2/1, 0/0, 0/0. 2. 1820 Census, (HOH, Place, 0-9 M/F, 10-15 M/F, 16-18 M, 16-25 M/F, 26-44 M/F, 45+ M/F), Daniel Martz, Lower Paxton Twp, Dauphin Co, PA, 2/1, 2/1, 0/0, 0, 1/1, 0/0.

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3. 1830 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age Bracket Males/Females), Daniel Marts, Hanover Twp, Dauphin Co, PA, <5M (2), 5-9M, 10-14M, 15-19M, 20-29M, 40-49M, <5F, 5-9F, 40-49F. 4. 1840 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age Bracket Males/Females), Daniel Hartz, Susquehanna Twp, Dauphin Co, PA, <5M, 10-14M, 15-19M, 40-49M, <5F, 5-9F, 10-14F, 40-49F. 5. 1850 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Daniel Mertz, 73, East Hanover, Dauphin, PA, Mary 60, Daniel 32, Jacob 19, Susannah 21, Catharine 7.

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Name: William Martz (H1d1)1,2,3,4,5 ————————————————————————— Birth: abt 1806 Birth Memo: (age 44 in 1850 Census) Father: Daniel Mertz (H1d) (1779-1851) Mother: Maria Stoudt (1788-1851)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation Louis Fackler considers William a son of Daniel based on his proximity to Daniel in the 1850 Census, his approximate birth date of 1806 which would be not inconsistent with a January 1806 marriage date for his parents and supported by an analysis of tick marks in earlier Census records.

In addition, in the 1860 Census, William’s son Jacob (age 11) lived with Daniel Martz age 46 and in 1870, William’s son Samuel (age 12) lived with Jacob Martz age 39. The adult males in both these instances were sons of Daniel (H1d) — a strong indication that William was their brother.

William is designated H1d1.

Relocated and Census Tracking William’s family seems to have a total turnover of people between 1850 and 1860, but he is in the right place (East Hanover) and the right age. Louis Fackler comments on this and says that he thinks too it is the same William, that his first wife must have died and now he has remarried.

Indeed, death certificates for William’s sons John (born 1841) and Amos (born 1847) say their parents were William Martz and Lena Pannebaker (not spelled exactly right in either case but close enough) while the death certificate of William’s son Adam (born 1856) says his parents were William Martz and Mary Specht.

So in 1850, we find William age 44 in East Hanover, Dauphin, PA, with Mary 34, Mary 14, Benjamin 12, John H 10, William 7, Amos 4 and Jacob 2. This is William, his second wife Mary and all his children.

And in 1860, it is William age 53 in East Hanover, Dauphin, PA, with Susanna 26, Solomon 10, Adam 3, Samuel 2, William Fulmer 10, Lydia Hoffman 5 and Elizabeth Speck 65. The assumption I would make is that the “missing” children were by wife Lena and had been sent off to live with others. I think Elizabeth Speck was likely the mother of William’s second wife Mary. I think Solomon, Adam and Samuel were all sons of William’s by Mary Specht. The question is was Susanna a third wife — if so I would guess maybe she was also a Specht (else why was Elizabeth Specht still there?). But she may have been William’s sister Susannah with an age discrepancy from one census to another. And I don’t know who the other two “random” people were.

Louis Fackler wondered, as I did too, where the older children from William’s first marriage were in 1860. He found most of them living with different “random” families: John W age 20 living with the Balsback family, William age 16 living with the Early family, Amos age 15 living with the Hedrick family and Jacob age 11 living with his Uncle Daniel (Jr.). I found Mary already married to Reuben Reed and they were living in East Hanover Township. Leaving only Benjamin unaccounted for. I note that we don’t have a death certificate for Jacob but I I think the fact that he was “farmed out” in 1860 is an indication he was William’s son by his first wife.

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Death and Find-a-Grave William is not on find-a-grave.


Known Sons I will designate each son known from the 1850 Census, and I think I have tracked most of them, two in particular to Iowa.

H1d1a Benjamin born 1839 H1d1b John H born 1841 H1d1c William born 1843 H1d1d Amos born 1847 H1d1e Jacob born 1848

And I will designate their half-brother Solomon too as I think he was born in 1850 (maybe 1851). He is designated H1d1f.

————————————————————————— Spouse1: Lena Pannebaker Spouse2: Mary Specht —————————————————————————

Parent-Proof It is clear from death certificates that William had children by two different wives: Lena Pannebaker and Mary Specht. He married Lena maybe in 1835 or so, she must have died in about 1848. Then he married Mary and she died in maybe 1868 or so.

Pannebaker is an somewhat famous Pennsylvania name but I have not been able to identify her father or her relationship to that family. I’m sure there is a connection, I just haven’t figured it out. The only older Pennypacker family I can see in Dauphin County in 1850 was that of Enos Pennypacker. He is there in 1850 age 60 with wife Elizabeth age 52 [1798]. Their oldest child still at home is Eliza age 21 [1829]. The timing would be pretty tight for Elizabeth to have had Lena at say age 19 [1817] and Lena to have had Mary at age 19.

I don’t think Louis Fackler ever tracked Daniel’s son William far enough to discover his first wife was a Pannebaker. He would have found that quite interesting since his grandmother was a Pannebaker (Pennypacker) and his book was about that family too.

Sources 1. 1840 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age Bracket Males/Females), William Martz, Hanover, Dauphin, PA, <5M (2), 40-49M, <5F, 20-29F. 2. 1850 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), William Mertz, 44, East Hanover, Dauphin, PA, Mary 34, Mary 14, Benjamin 12, John H 10, William 7, Amos 4, Jacob 2. 3. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), William Martz, 53, East Hanover, Dauphin, PA, Susanna 26, Solomon 10, Adam 3, Samuel 2, William Fulmer 10, Lydia Hoffman 5, Elizabeth Speck 65. 4. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), William Martz, 64, East Hanover, Dauphin, PA, lives with son John and family.

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5. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), William Martz, 73, Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA, lives with daughter Mary A Reed 43 and her family.

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Name: Benjamin F Martz (H1d1a)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 29 Dec 1839 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 2 Jun 1926 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Missoula Cemetery, Missoula, MT Father: William Martz (H1d1) (~1806-) Mother: Lena Pannebaker

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know Benjamin as William’s son from his presence in his father’s household in 1850. He is designated H1d1a.

I had sort of given up on finding him but then I found his brother Amos in Union County, Iowa in 1880 and so I wondered who else named Martz lived in that place. There were several including B F Martz, age 41, born PA. Could that be Benjamin?

It absolutely was Benjamin. A check of later Census — he moved to Montana — confirms his name as Benjamin. He died in Spokane, Washington and his death certificate gives the name of his parents as John (??) Martz and Lena Panabaker. He is on find-a-grave, buried in Missoula.

He was also in Iowa for the 1870 Census but I cannot find him in 1860.


Discrepancies His Washington State death certificate says he died 1 Jun 1926 at age 86 years, 5 months and 3 days — which computes to 29 Dec 1839. His tombstone gives that same date of birth and says he died 2 Jun 1926.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Mary Jane Alley ————————————————————————— Birth: 15 Feb 1840 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 30 Jan 1919 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Missoula Cemetery, Missoula, MT

Parent-Proof Her maiden name is given on the Montana marriage records of two of their sons. I believe she was the Mary J Alley age 18 living in Union County, Iowa in 1860 with (her presumed parents) John 54 and Elisabeth 36.

Sources 1. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), B F Martz, 29, Afton, Union, IA, M J 24, Willie B 4, Lorena 1, Elisabeth Alley 48, Jno W Alley 20. 2. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), B F Martz, 41, Afton, Union, IA, Mary J 40, Will B 14, Laurena M 11, Frank E 8, Geo J 4.

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Name: John H Martz (H1d1b)1,2,3 ————————————————————————— Birth: 21 Jun 1841 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 16 May 1907 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: East Harrisburg Cemetery, Dauphin Co, PA Father: William Martz (H1d1) (~1806-) Mother: Lena Pannebaker

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation John is known from the 1850 Census when he was living with William and then again in 1870 when William was living with him, his parentage confirmed by his death certificate. He is designated H1d1b.


Death and Find-a-Grave John H and his wife and their children who survived to adulthood are on find-a-grave.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Margaret Walmer ————————————————————————— Birth: 1840 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 1925 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: East Harrisburg Cemetery, Dauphin Co, PA

Discrepancies I found this message board post from Aug 2000, “looking for information on the following Martz family of Dauphin County, PA. John H. Martz b: June 1840 in PA, married 1866 Margaret A. Clement b: January 1840 in PA. Children: Edwina E. Martz b: 1868 in PA, Emma K. Martz b: 1870 in PA, Mary Ann Martz b: April 3, 1871, in Dauphin County, d: aft 1920. Married Frank Dean Shaffer November 16, 1890, in Harrisburg, John H. Martz, Jr. b: 1873-1874 in Dauphin County, William A. Martz b: April 1876, Clement M. Martz b: 1878.”

The discrepancy is that the death certificates of Emma C Taggart born 1870, Mary A Sheaffer born 1871, John H Martz born 1872 and William A Martz born 1874 all say their parents were John or John H Martz and Margaret Walmer.

I am in fact fairly certain Margaret’s maiden name was Walmer as she can be found living with her parents John and Mary in the 1850 Census. (Mary was nee Mary Albert, known from death certificates of several of their children.) Moreover, when Margaret died, her son John H Martz was the informant on her death certificate and he wrote that her parents were John W Martz and Mary Albert — he obviously meant John Walmer and Mary Albert.

The curious thing is that John and Margaret Martz named a son Clement A and in John’s 1880 household, we find William Clement age 28 living with them, described as a brother-in-law. I have no clue how to explain his presence or their choice of Clement as a name for their son. I’m convinced that this census was the basis of someone assuming Margaret’s maiden name was Clement but it simply wasn’t.

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In 1910, Margaret said she had had 4 children and 4 were still living and she was living with Katherine Taggart (aka Kate then Emma K in 1870 and 1880). This was not quite accurate. In 1900, her answer was she had been married 34 years and had 6 children, 4 still living. I think that is accurate. I think it also rules out any possible theory that maybe John had multiple wives as an explanation of the Clement name.

She was Margaret Walmer.

Sources 1. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), John Martz, 20, East Hanover, Dauphin, PA, lives with Balsbach family. 2. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), John Martz, 30, East Hanover, Dauphin, PA, Margaret 28, Lizzie 2, Kate 6 months, William 64, Daniel Stoudt 37, Frank Martz 7. 3. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), John H Martz, 40, Swatara, Dauphin, PA, Margaret 40, Elmira E 12, Emma K 10, Mary A 9, John W 7, William A 5, Clement W 2, William Clement 28.

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Name: William Henry Martz (H1d1c)1,2,3,4 ————————————————————————— Birth: 19 Nov 1843 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 7 Apr 1933 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Chariton Cemetery, Chariton, IA Father: William Martz (H1d1) (~1806-) Mother: Lena Pannebaker

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know William as William’s son from his presence in his father’s household in the 1850 Census. He is designated H1d1c.

I believe I can spot him in the 1860-1870 Census, unmarried, living with “random” people. Then by 1880, he had moved to Iowa where he lived the remainder of his life.


Death and Find-a-Grave William is on find-a-grave and his obituary (edited somewhat by me) from the Chariton Herald-Patriot is given there.

“William H. Martz, Civil War veteran, was born in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, near Harrisburg, on November 19, 1843, and died in Davis City, Iowa, on Friday, April 7, 1933.

On December 15, 1870, he was united in marriage to Ellen Little in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who preceded him in death on September 22, 1930. To this union eight children were born, four of whom are living. They are Reuben H., of Davis City; Ben F., of Chariton; Mrs. Maude Haliburton, of Des Moines; and Edward, of New York State. A daughter, Mrs. Clara Boland, passed away in 1932 and a son, William Jr., passed away in 1902.”

His wife’s obituary, on her find-a-grave memorial, says she was born in Philadelphia but that they married in Harrisburg.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Ellen E Little ————————————————————————— Birth: 10 Jun 1849 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Marriage: 15 Dec 1870 Death: 22 Sep 1930 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Chariton Cemetery, Chariton, IA

Parent-Proof The Iowa marriage record of Reuben Hileman Martz says his parents were Wm H Martz and Ellen E Little. The Iowa State Census in 1925 said her parents were Wm and Anna (Neilly) Little.

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Sources 1. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Wm Martz, 16, East Hanover, Dauphin, PA, lives with John and Elizabeth Earley. 2. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), William Martz, 26, Harrisburg Ward 7, Dauphin, PA, lives with Reuben and Mary Ann Reed. 3. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), William Martz, 32, Creston, Union, IA, Ellen 30, William H 7, Ruben H 4, Clara R 8m. 4. 1900 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Born (mmm yr), # yr Married, Female # Children/# Living, Birthplace, Additional Persons, Marital Status), William Martz, 52, Chariton, Lucas, IA, Hellen 50, William 27, Ruben 24, Clara 21, Benjamin 18, Edward 15, Maud 10.

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Name: Amos Martz (H1d1d)1,2,3 ————————————————————————— Birth: 21 Oct 1847 Birth Memo: (Iowa death certificate) Death: 18 Dec 1922 Death Memo: (Iowa death certificate) Burial: Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines, IA Father: William Martz (H1d1) (~1806-) Mother: Lena Pannebaker

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know Amos as the son of William from his presence in his father’s household in the 1850 Census. His Iowa death certificate confirms the names of his parents. He is designated H1d1d.

In 1860 and 1870, he lives locally with ”random” people. Then I believe I have found him in 1880 in Union County, IA. The tell-tale is that he says he was born in Pennsylvania and living in his household was Daniel W Martz, age 20, also born PA, described as Amos’ cousin. Indeed, he had a cousin Daniel of that age, son of his uncle Daniel (H1d2).

Moreover, in 1880, his brothers Benjamin and William were also living in Union County, Iowa.


————————————————————————— Spouse: Emma Haverstick ————————————————————————— Birth: 1852 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 1940 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines, IA

Parent-Proof Marriage records of several of her children give her maiden name as Haverstick (and various similar spellings).

Sources 1. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Amos Martz, 15, East Hanover, Dauphin, PA, lives with John and Catherine Hedrick. 2. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Amos Martz, 21, East Hanover, Dauphin, PA, lives with John and Kate Hetrich. 3. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Amos Martz, 32, Dodge, Union, IA, Emma 28, Mary Alice 6, Katie 4, Molly M 1, Daniel W (cousin) 20.

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Name: Levi Jacob Martz (H1d1e)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 20 Sep 1848 Birth Memo: (Iowa death record) Death: 4 Apr 1934 Death Memo: (Iowa death record) Burial: Chariton Cemetery, Chariton, IA Father: William Martz (H1d1) (~1806-) Mother: Lena Pannebaker

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation Two-year old Jacob Martz lived with his father William in the 1850 Census. Then like his older brothers and sisters, he seems to have been “farmed out” in 1860 and 1870. I know that William had two wives. I also know from his death certificate that the mother of Amos Martz born in 1847 was Lena Pannebaker. And I know that by 1850, William was living with his second wife, so the question is: was Jacob who was born in 1848 Lena’s son or Mary’s? It is my theory that the children “farmed out” by 1860 were William’s by his first wife Lena and so I believe Jacob was Lena’s son. She died soon after his birth and William remarried Mary Specht by 1850.

After that, it is not obvious what happened to him. But I think I have found him. I think he is the man who as a married adult called himself L J or Levi Jacob Martz and who moved to Union County, Iowa where several of his older brothers were living and is buried in the Chariton Cemetery in Chariton, Iowa where his brother William Henry is also buried.

Levi Jacob’s age is always consistent with the fact that he was age 2 in 1850 and he consistently said in Census he was born in Pennsylvania.

And one final comment. Since the Mærtz Hierarchical Project attempts to track everyone named Mertz or Martz, the fact that I otherwise have no idea who Levi Jacob is adds to my conviction that I have correctly identified him.

Levi Jacob is designated H1d1e.


Relocated and Census Tracking In 1860, he lived with his Uncle Daniel and in 1870 with “random” people. I cannot find him in 1880, I don’t think he had yet married nor do I think he was yet in Iowa.

In 1900, he was Lee J Martz, age 48, born PA, living in Chariton with wife Mary and several children. They said they had married in 1889.

In 1910, he was Jacob Martz, age 59, born PA, living in Chariton with wife Mary and several children.

In 1920, he was Jacob Martz, age 70, born PA, living in Lucas County, Iowa with wife Mary and several children.

And finally in 1930, he was L Jake Marty, age 82, born PA, back in Chariton with wife Mary and several children.

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In 1900-1930, despite the slight variation in his name, the name of his wife and certain children who track from one Census to the next confirm it is all the same man.

Discrepancies There is a 1925 Iowa State Census record for L J Martz who lived in Chariton, Iowa. The summary transcription of this record by Ancestry says that L J’s father was born Iowa and his name was Martz and his mother was Edith Barlow who had been also born in Iowa and that his parents married in Osceola, Iowa. When I found that death record, I thought the implication must be that L J was not Jacob from Dauphin County.

The problem I later concluded by actually looking at the underlying Iowa Census form is that all of those “facts” apply to the children of Harry Martz (L J’s son) whose wife was Edith Barlow and whose family was listed immediately before L J and his family. The Census taker merely used ditto marks for those same questions for each successive of Harry’s children.

In fact for Jacob, the only question he answered was his father was named Martz (no given name) and otherwise all those answers were left blank, the ditto marks did not get to L J but the transcriber thought they did.

A different discrepancy relates to where Jacob did in fact say his parents were from. In 1900, he said his father had been born in PA, his mother in England. In 1910, he said both parents PA, 1920 NJ and France and finally in 1930 PA and PA. Someone could use any one of those erroneous answers and suggest I have not accurately determined who Levi Jacob was.

I would argue it’s the totality of the evidence and the total inconsistency of those answers decade to decade that give my theory credibility.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Mary Badger ————————————————————————— Birth: 24 Feb 1868 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 13 Jul 1942 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Chariton Cemetery, Chariton, IA

Parent-Proof There is an Iowa marriage record giving her name as Mary Badger and several marriage records of their children confirm that as well she is Mary Badger on find-a-grave and linked there to her parents Ephraim and Margaret Ann (Holmes) Badger.

Sources 1. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Jacob Martz, 11, East Hanover, Dauphin, PA, lives with his Uncle Daniel. 2. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Jacob Martz, 20, Susquehanna, Dauphin, PA, lives with Eliver and Sarah Reems.

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Name: Solomon Martz (H1d1f)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 31 Aug 1850 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave age on tombstone 49y, 12d) Death: 12 Sep 1899 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: East Harrisburg Cemetery, Dauphin Co, PA Father: William Martz (H1d1) (~1806-) Mother: Mary Specht

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know Solomon from his presence in William’s household in 1860 at age 10. He was not present in 1850, so I believe he just have been born not long after the 1850 Census and that his mother was William’s second wife Mary Specht.

The problem is tracking him after 1860. William had this habit it seems of sending his children away at times to live with others. All his children present in his 1850 household, including several who were quite young, were living “away” in 1860 and history repeated itself in 1870 when we find William living with his son John H with no sign of any of William’s children from 1860. Solomon was 20, so in his case perhaps was old enough to have voluntarily moved away — but where was he?

I believe I have actually tracked him further. My “rules” (meant not to be to rigid) are normally that I only track males born in time for the 1850 Census who marry, have a family and are head of household in their own right by 1880. Solomon doesn’t quite fit that pattern s he was born just after the 1850 Census was taken and didn’t marry until 1887 but he did have children.

So, Solomon is designated H1d1f.


Relocated and Census Tracking In 1870, Solomon was a “domestic servant” in the household of William Staut who my guess is was some relation to Solomon’s grandmother Maria Stoudt.

I almost missed him in 1880. He was actually living with his half-brother William in Creston, Iowa but Ancestry.com, in its transcription, treated him as a separate household and the Census taker merely listed him as a border rather than a relative of Williams’s.

By 1900, Solomon had married, had several children — and died.

Death and Find-a-Grave Solomon is on find-a-grave, buried at East Harrisburg where many of his relatives are also buried.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Clara Reamer3 ————————————————————————— Birth: 30 Jan 1862 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Marriage: 27 Oct 1887

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Marr Memo: (PA Marriages database at Ancestry) Death: 27 Aug 1924 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: East Harrisburg Cemetery, Dauphin Co, PA

Parent-Proof On find-a-grave, she is Clara A (Reamer) Martz, daughter of Daniel D and Mary M Reamer.

Sources 1. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Solomon Martz, 20, Londonderry, Dauphin, PA in the household of William Staut, 54, and family. 2. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Solomon Martz, 30, Creston, Union, IA in the household of William Martz 32. 3. 1900 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Born (mmm yr), # yr Married, Female # Children/# Living, Birthplace, Additional Persons, Marital Status), Clara Martz, 38, Harrisburg Ward 7, Dauphin, PA, Mary 4, Ester 2.

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Name: Daniel Martz (H1d2)1,2,3,4 ————————————————————————— Birth: 28 Nov 1815 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 16 Apr 1884 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Shells Cemetery, Shellsville, Dauphin Co, PA Father: Daniel Mertz (H1d) (1779-1851) Mother: Maria Stoudt (1788-1851)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation Louis Fackler lists him as a son of Daniel Sr. and says he inherited the home plantation. He is designated H1d2.

Relocated and Census Tracking In 1860, his brother Jacob and a nephew Jacob were both living in Daniel’s household.


Death and Find-a-Grave Daniel is on find-a-grave, buried in the same cemetery as his parents.

Known Sons None of his sons were born by 1850 so there is no need for me to track any of them further. I will not his son Daniel W was living in 1880 with his cousin Amos in Iowa but he ended up in Harrisburg where he died.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Catherine Lentz ———————————————————————— - Birth: 1838 Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 1895 Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: East Harrisburg Cemetery, Dauphin Co, PA

Parent-Proof Several death certificates of their children give the name of Daniel’s wife as Catherine Lentz. She is not buried with Daniel, rather at East Harrisburg with several of her children.

Sources 1. 1850 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Daniel Mertz, 32, East Hanover, Dauphin, PA, lived with his parents. 2. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Daniel Martz, 46, East Hanover, Dauphin, PA, Catharine 22, Daniel W 10 months, Jacob 29 (brother), Jacob 11 (nephew). 3. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Daniel Martz, 52, Catharine 32, Daniel 11, Calvin 6, Grant 1. 4. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Daniel Martz, 61, East Hanover, Dauphin, PA, Catharine 40, Calvin 18, Grant 12, Edward 7, Milton 2.

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Name: John Martz (H1d3)1,2,3,4 ————————————————————————— Birth: 21 Oct 1816 Birth Memo: Wendrich Church baptism Father: Daniel Mertz (H1d) (1779-1851) Mother: Maria Stoudt (1788-1851)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation Louis Fackler found record of his baptism at Wendrich’s Church, Linglestown, PA. He was born 21 Oct 1816, son of Daniel and Maria. He is designated H1d3.

There was an entirely different John Martz baptized in Dauphin County who is currently designated N3a1-1, though that will change one of these days. This other John was born 26 Aug 1815.

He apparently had no sons, in any event none born before 1850.


Relocated and Census Tracking The only John, other than N3a1-1 who lived in Huntington County, IN, who comes close is one who lived in Harrisburg in 1850-1880, at first reported as if born in 1820, but then 1818 in 1870 and finally 1816 in 1880. I believe it is him so I have put those Census listings here.

Death and Find-a-Grave John is not on find-a-grave.

Sources 1. 1850 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), John Martz, 30, Harrisburg North Ward, Dauphin, PA, Mary 27, Adam McFee 25. 2. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), John Martz. 40, Harrisburg Ward 3, Dauphin, PA, Mary 37, Mary 9, Laura 6, Chas Gay 25. 3. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), John Martz, 52, Harrisburg Ward 6, Dauphin, PA, Mary Ann 46, Mary 19, Kate 15 . 4. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), John Martz, 64, Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA, Mary 56, Katie 24.

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Name: David Martz (H1d4)1,2,3,4 ————————————————————————— Birth: 2 Sep 1822 Birth Memo: (Wendrich Church baptism) Death: 1896 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Prospect Hill, Newville, PA Father: Daniel Mertz (H1d) (1779-1851) Mother: Maria Stoudt (1788-1851)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation Louis Fackler found record of his baptism at Wendrich Church. He is designated H1d2.

Relocated and Census Tracking David Martz, a miller, is present in East Hanover Township in 1850 where his father also lived. Louis Fackler speculates that Adam Martz, age 21, living with David in 1850 was his brother and can account for him as a tick mark in earlier census listings with Daniel, their father. A new-born son, David H, was present in this household too.

In 1860, David has moved to Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County where his father had lived in 1840.

By 1870, David had moved to Cumberland County but the name and ages of others in his household, as well his occupation of working in a grist mill, make it clear this is the same David.

And I believe it is also this same David who in 1880 now lived in Franklin County. A carry-through is that he was still a miller by occupation and another is that his daughter Alice A age 20 lived with him, she formerly the Annie A age 10 in 1870. By 1880, he had a younger wife but I think it is all explained by find-a-grave.


Death and Find-a-Grave I think I found David on find-a-grave. His tombstone, which he shares with wife Sue E (Preisler) Martz, says 1824-1896. Since I know he was born in 1822, this discrepancy needs some explanation.

There is a photo of his tombstone on find-a-grave and in the background is a large obelisk which it just so happens is the same obelisk displayed as the tombstone of Susan Martz (1825-1873) who I am certain was David’s first wife and Sue E Preisler who first appeared with David in 1880 his second wife.

Known Sons The only son of David’s born before 1850 was David H who is also buried in the same cemetery as his parents, he died in 1861. The second oldest son, John C, is also buried there, but as he wasn’t born until 1855, so he is not given a designation code nor discussed further.

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————————————————————————— Birth: 12 Apr 1825 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 18 Jan 1873 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Prospect Hill, Newville, PA

Sources 1. 1850 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), David Mertz, 25, East Hanover, Dauphin, PA, Susannah 24, David H new born, Adam 21. 2. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), David Montz, 38, Susquehanna, Dauphin, PA, Susan 35, David 10, Eliza 8, John 5, Ann 1. 3. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), David Martz, 47, West Pennsboro, Cumberland, PA, Susan 45, Mary E 17, John G 15, Annie A 10. 4. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), David Martz, 57, Southampton, Franklin, PA, Sue 37, Alice A 20, David 5m.

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Name: Isaac Martz (H1d5)1,2,3,4 ————————————————————————— Birth: 16 Feb 1825 Birth Memo: (Bindnagle’s Church baptism record), matches find-a-grave) Death: 28 Oct 1895 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Linwood Park Cemetery, Boone, IA Father: Daniel Mertz (H1d) (1779-1851) Mother: Maria Stoudt (1788-1851)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation Louis Fackler found record of Isaac’s birth. Isaac was Louis’ ancestor. He is designated H1d1.

Relocated and Census Tracking Isaac first went north. By 1850, he was in lower Northumberland County and then by 1860 and thereafter, he was in Lower Augusta Township, Northumberland County. There he was an interloper, someone from an entirely different line, in Daniel’s case the John Henry line, showing up where another extensive Martz family, the Hans Peter line, was already living and had been for many decades.

I find interlopers to be a rare event up to, say, 1850, generally a cluster of Martz families in a specific place were related to each other. But obviously at some point it would become less rare. There are a lot of Martzes and eventually they would trip over each other.

But Isaac moved on to South Dakota by 1888 and ended up in Iowa where he died.


Death and Find-a-Grave Isaac is on find-a-grave buried in Boone, Iowa. He was preceded in Iowa by some of his children including his son Daniel F who moved first to Union County, IA where he had cousins living.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Mary Ann Emerick ————————————————————————— Birth: 3 Sep 1827 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 11 Feb 1899 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Linwood Park Cemetery, Boone, IA

Sources 1. 1850 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Isaac Mortz, 26, Lower Mahanoy, North’d, PA, Mary 21, Lucy A 1, Michael Emrick 17. 2. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Isaac Martz, 35, Lower Augusta, North’d, PA, Mary 33, Lucy A 10, Sarah E 8, Daniel F 4. 3. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Isaac Martz, 45, Lower Augusta, North’d, PA, Mary 42, Sarah 18, Franklin 14, Mary M 6.

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4. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Isaac Martz, 54, Lower Augusta, North’d, PA, Mary 51, Mary M 17.

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Name: Jacob Martz (H1d6)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 1831 Birth Memo: (age 19 in 1850 Census) Father: Daniel Mertz (H1d) (1779-1851) Mother: Maria Stoudt (1788-1851)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation Louis Fackler identified Jacob as Daniel’s son. We know him too as Daniel’s son from his presence in Daniel’s 1850 household. He is designated H1d6.

Relocated and Census Tracking He lived with his father in 1850 and then in 1860 with his brother Daniel. After that I lose track of him.


Sources 1. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Jacob Martz, 39, East Hanover, Dauphin, PA, Sarah 26, Emma 6, George 4, Mary 2, Ann 7 months, Samuel 12. 2. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Jacob Martz, 49, Dauphin, Dauphin, PA, Sarah 38, Emma E 16, George H 14, Mary J 12, Annie L 10, Maggie E 4, Benjamin F 2, Carrie M 4 months.

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Name: Johan Wilhelm Mertz (H2)1,2,3 ————————————————————————— Birth: 7 Oct 1739 Birth Memo: (Mertz Church) Death: 1803 Burial: Comp Cemetery, Somerset Co, PA Father: John Henry (Johan Heinrich) Mertz (H) (3 Dec 1709-1788) Mother: Anna Maria Rosemann (~1715-> 5 Nov 1780)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation John Henry and Anna Maria Mertz baptized a son Johan Wilhelm at Mertz Church, Rockland Township, Berks County, PA. I have seen two transcriptions that give his birth date as 7 Oct 1739, which is what I believe, and one which says 7 Oct 1729. He was listed on the Mertz Church monument that honors John Henry and his family (which says Wilhelm was born 1739) and also named in his father’s will. He is designated H2 -- the second son of John Henry (H), the immigrant.

Some of the sons of John Henry are easy to track.

• For example, John Philip (H1), oldest son of John Henry. He married Catharina at Mertz Church. He lived as an adult in Maxatawny Township, Berks County, never far from Mertz Church. He baptized several children of his own at Mertz Church (with Catharina) and was named as a sponsor at the baptisms of many grandchildren at Mertz Church also with Catharina — as late as 1812. There can be no question he was John Philip born 1738, son of John Henry.

• Or, John Jacob (H3), the third son of John Henry. He also married a woman named Catharina. He lived his adult life in Rockland Township. He baptized his children at Mertz Church. He said he was of Rockland Township in his will and was buried at Mertz Church. Easy.

But Wilhelm is not so easy. There is no clear record of him as an adult that we can point to and say: that most certainly is Wilhelm born 1739 son of John Henry.

There was a William Mertz who died in Somerset County in 1803 with a large family including several adult males. It is said by descendants that William came to Somerset County from Berks County with other people including Jacob Hahn. And descendants also say that William’s wife was Christina Hahn. I have no reason to dispute any of those assertions. In fact, the DNA of several of William’s descendants closely matches the DNA of known descendants of the Mertz Church immigrants.

Of the several published family history books covering William of Somerset County and his descendants, one of them says, as if it is proven fact, that William who died in Somerset was none other than 1739 Wilhelm son of John Henry. But I never regarded that as proven. The other books, in fact, offered different suggestions.

I have seen many mistakes made by genealogists who just assumed, based only on someone‘s name, that a person in one place is, of course, the person of some other place with the same name. But often they turn out to have been two different people — who just shared a name. So, I always try hard to find something in particular to connect the two.

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In Wilhelm’s case, compounding the problem was that for a long time I thought there was a record of the death of Wilhelm Mertz in 1791 in the Berks County area. Wilhelm (H2) was an obvious candidate to be that person. But I eventually learned that record actually was of the marriage of a different Wilhelm.

And so I have come around to believing that William Martz of Somerset County who died there in 1803 was, in fact, Wilhelm, born 1739, son of John Henry. What finally convinced me of this supposition is that I found birth/baptism records for three children by William and Christina at the Jerusalem Church in Salisbury, (now) Lehigh County. Jacob Hahn was a sponsor at one of those baptisms, Catherine Hahn at another. The names of two of the children match known names of the children of William of Somerset and I believe the partial name given for the third child is also a match.

Jerusalem Church is not far at all from Rockland. Moreover, William’s brother, George Henry, was also named in records of that church. So there is reason to think it may have been Wilhelm (H2) and also reason to think this was William and Christina who would soon move to Somerset County.

Something that gave me pause, though, was that a man who had his own children starting in 1775 was born you would think maybe 1750 or so, maybe even a little later. For that reason, I felt I had to at least consider that maybe William of Somerset was the son of one of the other two immigrants who had come early to Mertz Church.

I felt I could rule out Johannes. He married Rosina in 1756 and had son John just a little more than a year later, so if we wanted to posit William was Johannes’ son, the earliest he could have been born was 1758 so then he would have had had his first child at age 17. Pretty unlikely plus there is no evidence Johannes had a son William.

The brings me to Jost Mertz. He and wife Anna Maria had a daughter in 1757, how could it be known they didn’t have a son a little earlier?

It was when I finally was able to answer that question — that Jost absolutely did not have a son named William — that I came to what then seemed the inescapable conclusion -- that William of Somerset was none other than 1739 Willhelm (H2), son of John Henry. Yes, he had his children a little later than most men of that era, but not impossibly so.

Relocated and Census Tracking 1779. Pennsylvania Septennial Census. Wm Mertz, Greenwich Township.

1790. William March, Bedford Co, PA.

1800. William and Jacob Mertz (his son) both listed in Somerset County.


Death and Find-a-Grave Justin Martz tells me there is a marker with WM 1803 written on it in Somerset. And a Revolutionary War marker as well. Family tradition is that he died while building a barn.

Discrepancies Birth Date. A have a summary transcription of Mertz Church records which gives his birth date as 7 Oct 1729, baptized 25 Oct. His brother, John Philip, was baptized 25 Oct 1738 so with no year given for William’s baptism, just the date, it could be that John Henry was “catching-up” by baptizing William finally then too, 9 years later. But I don’t think so. That

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would mean Wilhelm was born before John Henry left Germany, when he was just 20 years old.

I think the 7 Oct 1739 date, which is in two different transcriptions I have seen is the better date.

Death Date. Another discrepant fact is a long ago message board post by ”RMR” — who went and found and transcribed every citation mentioning anyone of the Mertz name in any records of Eastern Pennsylvania. Her post said that Rev. Helfrich cited that Wilh. Mertz died in 1791. Helfrich served the Berks/Lehigh County area, fairly widespread. But I have gone and found the Hellfrich records and he had a list of marriages and burials and this entry was clearly in the list of marriages. What was confusing is that in the very earliest years, Helfrich only stated the groom’s name and that was the case here. (RMR then double checked and agrees with my interpretation — I should add that she really made a major contribution to Mertz research with the work she did and I certainly do not fault her for one tiny mistaken interpretation, it was ambiguous unless you scrolled back a few pages.)

Rather than being the death of Wilhelm born 1739, I am quite certain it was the marriage record of his nephew, I think, William born 1767.

Children’s Birth Dates. In all three family histories I have reviewed written about William of Somerset, it is said that the four oldest children of William and Christina were: Jacob born 3 Oct 1777, Catharina born 4 May 1779, Susannah born 10 Jun 1788 and Barbara born about 1790, no specific date given.

Those dates for William’s children seem to be “etched in stone” in the sense that I can find them also in a Somerset County newsletter article on the family and numerous Internet Family Trees. But I have long since learned not to trust anything regarding alleged facts about early people named Mertz. The original source I believe for all those dates was the work of Hannibal L Mertz and everyone else has simply taken his work as gospel. But in the book credited to him, written post-humously, no real source is stated.

So there are obvious discrepancies between those dates and the birth/baptism records I found in the records of the Jerusalem Lutheran Church in West Salisbury, (now) Lehigh (formerly) Northampton County:

• Barbara, daughter of William Mertz and Christina born 4 Jul 1775 baptized 20 Jul 1775 sponsors Jacob Haan and wife Maria. I believe this was Barbara whose birth date no one else had ever discovered. Note the mention of Jacob Hahn.

• Johan J son of William Mertz and Christina born 4 Aug 1776 baptized 22 Sep 1776 sponsors Jacob Seip and wife Rosina. I believe this was Johan Jacob, the one said to have been born in 1777 (based on his tombstone). My reasoning is that most German males of that era were given a Christian name -- often Johan -- and then their given name that they would go by all their life. Also, one or the other of the baptism sponsors were often the namesake of the infant being baptized.

• Catherine daughter of William Mertz and Christina born 10 Dec 1777 baptized 15 Feb 1778 sponsors George Mertz and Catherine Haanin. I believe the infant was Catharina, the one said to be born in 1779. Note that her Dec 1777 birth date precludes any notion that Johan J died quite young and another son Jacob was born 3 Oct 1777.

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In these various baptisms, I note not only the Hahn connection but also the Seip connection. Jost Mertz, William’s uncle, married Anna Maria Seip. I note too that George Mertz was a sponsor at one. Wilhelm had a brother George who, I believe, moved west with him, though in George’s case settled in Frederick County, Maryland.

So considering all the evidence, I believe that this William of Jerusalem Lutheran was Wilhelm born 1739 and one and the same as William Martz who died in Somerset County in 1803. If it was not Wilhelm, I have no idea otherwise whatever happened to Wilhelm. There was one other William mentioned in Berks County records but he was much younger than Wilhelm and in any event lived his adult life in Columbia County and died there.

Known Daughters Catherine and Barbara were both baptized at Jerusalem Church. Barbara married Abraham Sturtz and apparently led quite a life for a woman of her times.

Plus there were two more daughters: Susanna and Mary. Edna B Shepard found court property records wherein, separately, William’s daughters sold the 125 acres (each) they had inherited from their father to their brother Jacob. The deeds were all recorded in 1816 and signed by Henry and Susanna Cannel, Barbara Martz, Peter and Catharine Shumaker and Philip and Mary Shroyer.

Known Sons By all accounts, William had two sons:

H2a Jacob born 1776 (or 1777) H2b Henry born 1791

I know of no reason to dispute that they were indeed his sons, nor do I have any reason to think there were others.

The family name came to spelled Martz once they moved to Somerset County.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Christina Hahn4,5 —————————————————————————

Parent-Proof All their descendants believe her name was Christina Hahn. There is some evidence of this from the presence of Jacob Hahn and wife Maria as sponsors at the baptism of one of Christina’s children. It is said that Jacob Hahn was among the party of people who moved together from Berks County to Somerset County.

Sources 1. Church Records: “Mertz Church,” Rockland Twp, Berks Co, PA, Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths, Repository: Summary Printout from Church Archives, Johan Wilhelm Merz s/o Johan Heinrich & Ana Maria nee Rosemannin b. 7 Oct 1739 bp. 25 Oct 1739. 2. “1790 Census,” HOH, Place, M>15, M<16, F), William March, Bedford, PA, 1,1,4. 3. “1800 Census,” HOH, Place, 0-9 M/F, 10-15 M/F, 16-25 M/F, 26-45 M/F, 45+ M/F, William Mertz, Londonderry Twp, Somerset Co, PA, 0/0, 1/1, 0/2, 0/0, 1/1. 4. “1810 Census,” HOH, Place, 0-9 M/F, 10-15 M/F, 16-25 M/F, 26-45 M/F, 45+ M/F, Widow Widow Martz, Southampton Twp, Somerset Co, PA, 0/0, 1/1, 1/0, 0/0, 0/1.

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5. “1820 Census,” HOH, Place, 0-9 M/F, 10-15 M/F, 16-25 M/F, 18-25 M, 26-44 M/F, 45+ M/F, Widow Widow Marth, Southampton Twp, Somerset Co, PA, 0/1, 0/0, 0/0, 0, 0/0, 0/1.

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Name: Jacob Martz (H2a)1,2,3,4,5 ————————————————————————— Birth: 4 Aug 1776 Birth Memo: (Jerusalem Church baptism of Johan J, tombstone says 3 Oct 1777) Death: 10 Feb 1845 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Comp Cemetery, Somerset Co, PA Father: Johan Wilhelm Mertz (H2) (1739-1803) Mother: Christina Hahn

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation All the family histories on the Somerset Martz family say that Jacob was the oldest son of William who died there in 1803. They say he was born 3 Oct 1777 — indeed that is the date given on his tombstone. I believe Jacob was born in 1776 and baptized at Jerusalem Church in Salisbury, (now) Lehigh County, PA.

In any event, I don’t think there is any doubt that William had a son Jacob, the one listed in Census from 1800-1840 in Somerset County. I have designated him H2a, the oldest son of William (H2). His birth date is somewhat immaterial. It is clear always who he was.

Relocated and Census Tracking After moving with his father to Somerset County as a very young child, Jacob lived the remainder of his life in Somerset and died there in 1845.

Jacob was listed in every Census 1810-1840, always in Southampton Township, Somerset County. In 1830, he was Jacob Martz, Esquire. Jacob did not survive to 1850 but his widow Magdalena did. She is found in the 1850 Census living with their son Henry.


Death and Find-a-Grave Jacob is listed on find-a-grave, died 10 Feb 1845, consistent with Census that he was alive in 1840 and deceased by 1850.

Jacob wrote his will 24 Oct 1844, he very kindly named all his children.

Discrepancies Discussed elsewhere is my theory that the infant baptized as Johan J was likely Johan Jacob, named for his baptismal sponsor, Jacob Seip. That child was born 4 Aug 1776.

There is a photo of Jacob’s tombstone on find-a-grave. The dates given on that memorial are: 3 Oct 1777-10 Feb 1845. I cannot make out all the detail on the tombstone but I can see that 1845 was indeed the year of death and I can see the first part of his age which says 67 years.

I think the date of birth on his memorial was calculated from his age as given on the tombstone. It must read 67y 4m 7d, that would compute to 3 Oct 1777. It would have needed to say 68y 6m 6d to compute to 4 Aug 1776. Sometimes numbers on tombstones can be hard to read -- and are mis-read -- but in this case a lot of numbers would have had to have been mis-read to conform to what I think really is Jacob’s birth date. I don’t know how to rationalize the discrepancy. I have no explanation for why the tombstone may be wrong.

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The child I think was Jacob had a sister Catherine, born 10 Dec 1777 which rules out any idea that 1776 Jacob died as an infant and a second Jacob was born 3 Oct 1777.

Known Daughters We learn from his will that his three daughters were Polly, Hannah and Catharine. I have a hand drawn extensive family tree of Jacob’s family done by Alice Margaret Werkman — she being “Aunt Peggy” to a man whose DNA was tested as part of our DNA studies. He is a descendant of Jacob’s and his DNA places him squarely in our “Mertz Church” DNA group. “Aunt Peggy” shows these three daughters as well. For only one of the daughters was a husband named, Catherine married Daniel Boyer. Three of Catherine’s brothers married Boyer girls who were either cousins, sisters or half-sisters of each other — though how Daniel fit into the mix was not stated.

Known Sons I have the names of seven sons of Jacob’s from the work of Hannibal Lincoln Martz edited by Edna Shepard. She cited Jacob’s will which named his ten children. Richard and Henry were appointed Executors. They received the old home and were to make certain cash payments to other heirs who each received either land (Jonathan and George), a note due to Jacob from someone else (Polly, Catharine, William, Daniel) or cash (John and Hannah) so that each heir received the equivalent of $250.

The same seven sons are named by Aunt Peggy, every source is in agreement.

They are:

H2a1 John born 1798 H2a2 Daniel born 1802 H2a3 William born 1808 H2a4 Jonathan born 1810 H2a5 Henry born 1812 H2a6 Richard born 1815 H2a7 George born 1817

————————————————————————— Spouse: Magdalena Teuchman6 ————————————————————————— Birth: 3 Oct 1772 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Marriage: 18 Feb 1797 Marr Memo: (Hannibal Lincoln Martz) Death: 16 Nov 1875 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Comp Cemetery, Somerset Co, PA

Death and Find-a-Grave She’s on find-a-grave with dates 3 Oct 1772 to 16 Nov 1875.

Sources 1. “1800 Census,” HOH, Place, 0-9 M/F, 10-15 M/F, 16-25 M/F, 26-45 M/F, 45+ M/F, Jacob Mertz, Londonderry Twp, Somerset Co, PA, 1/1, 0/0, 0/1, 1/0, 0/0.

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2. “1810 Census,” HOH, Place, 0-9 M/F, 10-15 M/F, 16-25 M/F, 26-45 M/F, 45+ M/F, Jacob Martz, Southampton Twp, Somerset Co, PA, 2/2, 1/1, 0/0, 1/1, 0/0. 3. “1820 Census,” HOH, Place, 0-9 M/F, 10-15 M/F, 16-25 M/F, 18-25 M, 26-44 M/F, 45+ M/F, Jacob Martz, Southampton Twp, Somerset Co, PA, 4/0, 2/0, 1/1, 0, 1/0, 0/1. 4. “1830 Census,” HOH, Place, age/gender, Jacob Martz Esq, Southampton Twp, Somerset Co, PA, 5-9M, 10-14M, 10-19M (2), 50-59M, <5F, 15-19F, 40-49F. 5. “1840 Census,” HOH, Place, age/gender, Jacob Martz, Southampton Twp, Somerset Co, PA, 20-29M (3), 60-69M, 10-14F, 60-69F. 6. “1850 Census,” age, place, HH members, Magdalina Martz, 73, Southampton, Somerset, PA, Henry 34.

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Name: John Martz (H2a1)1,2,3,4,5,6 ————————————————————————— Birth: 1 Jun 1798 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 5 Jan 1883 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Greenville Union Cemetery, Greenville, OH Father: Jacob Martz (H2a) (1776-1845) Mother: Magdalena Teuchman (1772-1875)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation From Jacob’s will, John would seem to be his oldest son. I believe he is the John Martz who first appeared in Census in 1830 in Greenville, OH and is buried there with a date of birth given as 1798.

Greenville, OH is where we also find Henry, John’s uncle in 1830. Henry was born in 1791 so he and John were probably more like siblings than nephew-uncle and they may well have gone together.

We also know that in 1831, William, John’s brother, visited John (apparently) in Greenville and wrote a letter back to Jacob. Kimberly Mertz-Platt, an email correspondent of mine, bought this letter on eBay and sent me a transcription. There were many words mis-spelled. So this is my edited/corrected version of the actual letter. “Jacob Martz Esq. Dear sir, I wish all my best respects to you and all my friends. I am letting you know that of late very nice weather for travel as was six days on the road and cost me six dollars and twelve cents. From Southampton to Wheeling I took the steamer. Then left for Cincinnati then I had company to Cincinnati/Zanesville border. I let you know that Big Henry Martz and his family is all well. Teny Fever is married with Ely Sturtz. I would like to see some of you October 30, 1831. Nothing particular to write more at present. I will start to Greenville the 31 day of October my self. Pleas and sent me an answer to Greenville. I will write when I am in Greenville. From me William Martz.”

Kimberly descends from Henry Mertz. She knows a lot about this family. She added as way of explanation to me:

“The Ely (Eli) Sturtz mentioned in this letter is the eldest son of Barbara Martz and Abraham Stotts/Sturtz. His marriage to Teny (short for Christena) Fever may have caused Eli to be written out of his father's will. Teny was a mulatto woman. Whether she was half African or half Native American is unknown, but apparently Abraham did not approve. Eli is alternately called Eli Sturtz and Eli Martz, and he and Teny's children used both surnames as well. No doubt that this early interracial marriage caused local tongues to wag!”

John is designated H2a1, the oldest son of Jacob (H2a).


Relocated and Census Tracking John was in the 1830-1850 Census in Greenville, Darke County, OH.

In 1850, his wife was named Margera, his second wife I think.

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John is listed on find-a-grave, died 5 Jan 1883, buried in Greenville.

Known Sons From the 1850 Census, John had three sons:

H2a1a George H born 1831 H2a1b Jacob T born 1833 H2a1c William 1846

I have not been able to find William after 1860, when he was living with his father.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Barbara Hardinger ————————————————————————— Birth: 1801 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 1844 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Greenville Union Cemetery, Greenville, OH

Sources 1. “1830 Census,” HOH, Place, age/gender, John Matze, Greenville Twp, Darke Co, OH, <5M, 20-29M, <5F, 5-9F, 30-39F. 2. “1840 Census,” HOH, Place, age/gender, John Mark, Green Twp, Darke Co, OH, 30-39M, <5F, 20-29F. 3. “1850 Census,” age, place, HH members, John Martz, 52, Greenville, Darke, OH, Margerd 38, George 20, Jacob 17, Elizabeth 14, William 4. 4. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), John Martz, 67, Greenville, Darke, OH, Margaret 42, William 15. 5. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), John Martz, 72, Greenville, Darke, OH, lived with Rachel and L D Frelkert. 6. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), John Martz, 82, Greenville, Darke, OH, lived with Jacob.

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Name: George H Martz (H2a1a)1,2,3 ————————————————————————— Birth: 1831 Birth Memo: (age 20 in 1850, 28 in 1860) Death: 4 Jan 1914 Death Memo: (find-a-grave, if it’s him) Burial: Greenville Union Cemetery, Greenville, OH Father: John Martz (H2a1) (1798-1883) Mother: Barbara Hardinger (1801-1844)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know him as John’s son from the 1850 Census. He is designated H2a1a.

I can find him in 1860 and 1870 and even 1900, but not in 1880.

There is a George A (H mis-read?) and Angeline Martz buried in Greenville Union where the rest of this family is buried. Both died in 1914. No birth dates, no tombstone photos, no linkages to each other or anyone else. My bet would be this is George.


————————————————————————— Spouse: Angelina E ————————————————————————— Birth: 1838 Birth Memo: (age 22 in 1860 Census) Death: 14 Feb 1914 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Greenville Union Cemetery, Greenville, OH

Sources 1. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), George H Murtz, 28, Greenville, Darke, OK, Angeline 22, James 2, Ellen High 10. 2. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Geo H Mary, 34, Greenville, Darke, OH, ngleine 33, Mary 7, George 2, Mary A McGee 13. 3. 1900 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Born (mmm yr), # yr Married, Female # Children/# Living, Birthplace, Additional Persons, Marital Status), George Martz, 69, Greenville, Darke, OH, Anlina E 63, Mary E 34, Gertrude Ross 37, Hamen Ross 10.

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Name: Jacob T Martz (H2a1b)1 ————————————————————————— Birth: 14 Sep 1833 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 28 Feb 1911 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Greenville Union Cemetery, Greenville, OH Father: John Martz (H2a1) (1798-1883) Mother: Barbara Hardinger (1801-1844)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know Jacob as John’s son from the 1850 Census when Jacob, a teenager, was living with his father and then from the 1880 Census when John, an elderly man, was living with his son. Jacob is designated H2a1b.


Death and Find-a-Grave I found a lengthy biography of Jacob in A Biographical History of Darke County, Ohio. I summarize it here.

“JACOB T. MARTZ, lawyer and educator, Greenville, Ohio, was born in Darke County, Ohio, September 14, 1833. He is the son of John Martz, who was born in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, June 1, 1798, settled in Darke County in 1829, and died at the home of his son, January 5, 1883, aged eighty-four years, seven months and four days. His wife, Barbara Hardinger, the mother of our subject, and a native of Bedford County, Pennsylvania, died in 1841.

Jacob T. Martz attended the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, at which institution he was graduated in June, 1856. The biography goes on in great detail about his career as an educator and lawyer.

On September 19, 1860, he married Miss Esther M., daughter of James H. Jamison, of Delaware, Ohio, with issue of four sons; John H., born November 8, 1861; Adelbert, born September 28, 1868; James J., born May 8, 1872, and Benjamin F., born December 18, 1874. John H. is married and is engaged in farming and raising fine registered stock. Adelbert is also married and is teller of the Greenville Bank. James and Benjamin F. is engaged in farming his father's place.”

A memorial for Jacob is on find-a-grave.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Esther Jamison ————————————————————————— Birth: 1839 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 8 Oct 1902 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Greenville Union Cemetery, Greenville, OH

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1. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Jacob Martz, 36, Greenville, Darke, OH, Ester M 29, John 8, Adelbert 1. 2. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Jacob Martz, 46, Greenville, Darke, OH, Esther 40, John H 18, Delbert 11, James J 8, Benjamin 5, John 82.

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Name: Daniel Martz (H2a2)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 14 Mar 1802 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 21 Mar 1868 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Mulls Cemetery, Somerset Co, PA Father: Jacob Martz (H2a) (1776-1845) Mother: Magdalena Teuchman (1772-1875)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation From Jacob’s will and everything else I know, Daniel would seem to be Jacob’s second oldest son. It seems obvious to believe he is the Daniel Martz buried in Somerset County. He is designated H2a2.

Relocated and Census Tracking Daniel was first listed on his own in Census in 1850 in Allegheny Township, Somerset County and then in 18560, he was in Northampton Township, also Somerset County.


Death and Find-a-Grave Daniel is listed on find-a-grave, died 21 Mar 1868 and buried in Somerset County.

Known Sons It would appear from Census that Daniel had only one son:

H2a2a Henry born 1844

————————————————————————— Spouse: Rachel Troutman —————————————————————————

Sources 1. “1840 Census,” HOH, Place, age/gender, Daniel Martz, 47, Allegheny, Somerset, PA, Rachel 50, Henry 8, Elizabeth 17 Daniel Daniel Martz, Allegheny, Somerset, PA, <5M, 10-14M, 30-39M, 5-9F (2), 40-49F. 2. “1850 Census,” age, place, HH members, Daniel Martz, 47, Allegheny, Somerset, PA, Rachel 50, Henry 8, Elizabeth 17. 3. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Daniel Martz, 55, Northampton, Somerset, PA, Rachel 62, Henry 18, Rachel Abbright 12.

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Name: Henry Martz (H2a2a)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 29 Mar 1844 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 15 Mar 1924 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Lebanon Cemetery, Somerset Co, PA Father: Daniel Martz (H2a2) (1802-1868) Mother: Rachel Trout man

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know Henry as Daniel’s son from the 1850 and 1860 Census when he was living with his father and from his death certificate which gives his father’s name as Daniel Martz and his mother’s maiden name as Troutman. Henry is designated H2a2a.

Henry is on find-a-grave.


————————————————————————— Spouse: Mary J Fair ————————————————————————— Birth: 1848 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 1926 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Lebanon Cemetery, Somerset Co, PA

Parent-Proof Death certificates for Emma Rebecca Emerick and Charles Martz both give their parents names as Henry Martz and Mary Fair.

Sources 1. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Henry Marts, 28, Northampton, Somerset, PA, Mary Jane 22, Anna R 1, Jackson Ware 18 . 2. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Henry Martz, 38, Northampton, Somerset, PA, Mary Jane 32, Emma R 10, Cora Jane 9, Clara O 7, Ann L 4, Charles H 2, infant 1m.

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Name: William Martz (H2a3)1,2 -------------------------------------------------- Birth: 1809 Birth Memo: (age on death certificate) Death: 30 Sep 1854 Death Memo: (death record) Father: Jacob Martz (H2a) (1776-1845) Mother: Magdalena Teuchman (1772-1875)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation William was mentioned in his father’s will. Geography and his age confirm he was Jacob’s son. He is designated H2a3.

Relocated and Census Tracking William was listed in both the 1840 and 1850 Census, he lived in Allegheny Township, Somerset County.


Death and Find-a-Grave William is not on find-a-grave. But he died in 1854, that brief period of just a few years when death records were being kept in most Pennsylvania counties. His death record says he was born abt 1809 and died 30 Sep 1854, that he was the son of Jacob and Magdalena (Tuchman) Martz and that his wife was May Ann Boyer.

Known Sons From the 1850 Census, William had two sons: H2a3a Herman born 1833 and H2a3b Samson born 1848.

-------------------------------------------------- Spouse: Mary Ann Boyer --------------------------------------------------

Parent-Proof Here is a summary of the 1865 petition to the Somerset County Orphans Court of Mary Ann Martz, widow of William Martz deceased, and daughter and heir at law of Benjamin Boyer late of Northampton Township deceased. The said Benjamin Boyer died on or about 18 June 1865, intestate, seized of a tract of land situate in Northampton adjoining lands of Henry Bittner, William Martz, Christian Warner and Fredrick Eugelka containing two hundred and thirty acres more or less. Surviving him a widow, Elizabeth Boyer, and seven children to wit: your petitioner, Theresa Sill intermarried with Jonas Sill of Bloomington, IL, Elizabeth, intermarried with Francis Fantz, of Bloomington, IL, Harriet, now deceased who was intermarried with Henry Wilkey (leaving issue Eliza Catharine Wilkey, Alvin E. Wilkey, and Benjamin Wilkey), Roseann intermarried with William Dively, Susanna intermarried with George Glauss and Caroline intermarried with Michael Hayman.

Sources 1. “1840 Census,” HOH, Place, age/gender, William Martz, Allegheny, Somerset, PA, <5M, 20-29M, <5F, 20-29F. 2. “1850 Census,” age, place, HH members, William Martz, 41, Allegheny, Somerset, PA, Mary A 35, Harman C 14, Lucinda 12, Sampson 2.

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Name: Herman C Martz (H2a3a)1,2,3 ————————————————————————— Birth: 3 Jun 1833 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 22 Feb 1903 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Lebanon Cemetery, Somerset Co, PA Father: William Martz (H2a3) (1809-1854) Mother: Mary Ann Boyer

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know Herman from the 1850 Census when he was age 14 living with his parents and then in the 1860 Census when he was age 24, single, and head of household with the “remnants” of William’s family. Herman is designated H2a3a.

He is on find-a-grave.


————————————————————————— Spouse: Christena A Bittner ————————————————————————— Birth: 11 Feb 1837 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 25 Jul 1911 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Lebanon Cemetery, Somerset Co, PA

Parent-Proof There are four death certificates for Herman’s and his wife’s children and they all give her name as Tena Bittner. Her own death certificate gives the same name, she was the daughter of Jonathan Bittner and Susan Switzer.

Her name was given as Christena in the 1870 Census and then Teeny in 1880. Inexplicably, engraved on the tombstone she shares with her husband, her name is Lena. I believe her name was Christena and she clearly went mostly by Tena.

Sources 1. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Herman Marts, 24, Northampton, Somerset, PA, Sampson 11, Mary 43, Eve 20. 2. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Herman Marts, 34, Northampton, Somerset, PA, Christena 33, Lincoln 9, Malinda 7, William 3 Simon B 3m Samson 23, Sarah Coughonner 10, Mary Marts 50. 3. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Hermon Martz, 45, Northampton, Somerset, PA, Teeny, 41, Lincoln 18, William 12, Benjamin 10, Malinda 17, Carolina 5, Elenora 3, Tracy 3m Mary Ann 67.

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Name: Samson Martz (H2a3b)1 ————————————————————————— Birth: 17 Feb 1848 Birth Memo: (age on death certificate, find-a-grave says Jan 1848) Death: 3 Mar 1931 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Union Cemetery, Meyersdale, Somerset Co, PA Father: William Martz (H2a3) (1809-1854) Mother: Mary Ann Boyer

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know Samson as William’s son since he lived with his father in 1850 and then his older brother and widowed mother in 1860 and 1870. His death certificate gives the name of his father as William. He is designated H2a3b.

He is on find-a-grave. His birth date there is Jan 1848. Samson’s death certificate gives his brith date as 17 Feb 1840 but that is totally inconsistent with his age in Census. Moreover, his age on his death certificate says 83 years and 14 days which would suggest 17 Feb 1848.


————————————————————————— Spouse: Anna Fridline —————————————————————————

Parent-Proof I can only find one death certificate listing Samson Martz as the father and his wife’s maiden name was given as Fridline.

Sources 1. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Samson Martz, 31, Northampton, Somerset, PA, Anna 25, Charles H 3, infant 1m, Edie Penbaugh 7.

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Name: Jonathan Martz (H2a4)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 4 May 1811 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 20 Aug 1893 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Lebanon Cemetery, Somerset Co, PA Father: Jacob Martz (H2a) (1776-1845) Mother: Magdalena Teuchman (1772-1875)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation From Jacob’s will and everything else I know, Jonathan would seem to be his fourth son. It seems obvious to believe he is the Jonathan Martz buried in Somerset County.

From find-a-grave, Jonathan was born on 4 Mar 1811. He is designated H2a4.

Relocated and Census Tracking Jonathan was listed in the 1840 to 1880 Census, always in Southampton Township.


Death and Find-a-Grave Jonathan is listed on find-a-grave.

Known Sons From the 1850 Census, Jonathan had three sons born before 1850:

H2a4a Jacob born 1840 H2a4b Levi born 1845 H2a4c John born 1849

————————————————————————— Spouse: Elizabeth Bittner ————————————————————————— Birth: 30 Jul 1818 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave says 1817 but the death certificate says 1818) Death: 25 Apr 1908 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Lebanon Cemetery, Somerset Co, PA

Find-a-Grave Elizabeth is on find-a-grave, with her very confusing death certificate posted. It says her father was Jonathan Martz and the maiden name of her mother was Bitner. The informant was generationally challenged.

Sources 1. “1840 Census,” HOH, Place, age/gender, Jonathan Mortz, Southampton Twp, Somerset Co, PA, 20-29M, 20-29F. 2. “1850 Census,” age, place, HH members, Jonathan Martz, 36, Southampton, Somerset, PA, Elizabeth 32, Jacob 10, Rebecca 7, Levi 3, John 1.

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3. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Jonathan Martz, 50, Southampton, Somerset, PA, Elizabeth 43, Jacob 20, Rebecca 17, Levi 15, John 11, Nathaniel 9, George 7, William 4, Susan 2. 4. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Jonathan Martz, 62, Southampton, Somerset, PA, Elizabeth 51, Rebecca 27, Nathaniel 19, George 17, Susan 12, Frederick Wyman 21, Andrew Sonrline 36, Simon Myers 24, John Wunderlich. 5. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Jonathan Martz, 67, Southampton, Somerset, PA, Elizabeth 61.

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Name: Jacob Harrison Martz (H2a4a)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 5 Nov 1840 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 22 Aug 1924 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Finks Cemetery, Somerset Co, PA Father: Jonathan Martz (H2a4) (1811-1893) Mother: Elizabeth Bittner (1818-1908)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know Jacob as Jonathan’s son from his presence in his father’s household in 1850 and 1860. In addition, his death certificate says he was the son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Bitterer) Martz. He is designated H2a4a.


Death and Find-a-Grave Jacob and his wife are on find-a-grave.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Sarah Rebecca Shoemaker ————————————————————————— Birth: 3 Jul 1843 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 22 Sep 1923 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Finks Cemetery, Somerset Co, PA

Sources 1. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Jacob F Martz, 29, Southampton, Southampton, PA, Sarah 27, Mary 7, Isabella 3, Missouri 1. 2. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Jacob H Martz, 39, Southampton, Southampton, PA, Sarah 37, Missouri 10, Matilda 7.

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Name: Levi Martz (H2a4b)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 5 Apr 1845 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 9 Oct 1886 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Finks Cemetery, Somerset Co, PA Father: Jonathan Martz (H2a4) (1811-1893) Mother: Elizabeth Bittner (1818-1908)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know Levi as Jonathan’s son from his presence in his father’s household in 1850 and 1860. He is designated H2a4b.


Death and Find-a-Grave Levi is on find-a-grave.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Julia Moser —————————————————————————

Sources 1. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Levi Martz, 25, Southampton, Southampton, PA , Julia 17. 2. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Levi Martz, 35, Southampton, Southampton, PA , Julia 26, Ida 9, William 8, Lizzie C 6, Ellen 4, Malinda 2, Nathanil 29.

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Name: John Martz (H2a4c)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 1849 Father: Jonathan Martz (H2a4) (1811-1893) Mother: Elizabeth Bittner (1818-1908)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know John as Jonathan’s son from his presence in his father’s household in 1850 and 1860. He is designated H2a4c.


Death and Find-a-Grave Someone posted his obituary to a list of obituaries I found mostly of Somerset County Martzes. He died 22 Mr 1926 at age 77 in Cumberland, MD. Survived by son Walter.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Elizabeth Moser —————————————————————————

Sources 1. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), John Martz, 21, Larimer, Somerset, PA, Elisabeth 21, Harry 8m. 2. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), John Martz, 30, Brothers Valley, Somerset, PA, Elizabeth 30, Harvey 10, Amos J 7, Sarah J 2.

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Name: Henry Martz (H2a5) ————————————————————————— Birth: 14 Nov 1812 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 22 Jun 1884 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Comp Cemetery, Somerset Co, PA Father: Jacob Martz (H2a) (1776-1845) Mother: Magdalena Teuchman (1772-1875)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation Henry was mentioned in his father’s will. From his age, Henry would seem to be Jacob’s fifth son. It seems obvious to believe he is the Henry Martz buried in Somerset County.

He is designated H2a5.

Relocated and Census Tracking In the 1850 Census, Henry, a bachelor, lived with his mother, Magdalena, widow of Jacob. In 1860-1880, Henry lives with Hannah, his wife, though 20 years younger.


Death and Find-a-Grave Henry is listed on find-a-grave, he was buried in Somerset County. On 4 Aug 1884, Letters of Administration were issued to Hannah Martz on the estate of Henry Martz. I know nothing more about Hannah.

Known Sons Henry had no sons born before 1850.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Hannah Beck ————————————————————————— Birth: 1831 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 28 Jun 1891 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Comp Cemetery, Somerset Co, PA

Parent-Proof Her maiden name is given as Beck on find-a-grave.

Sources 1. 1850 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Magdalina Martz, 73, Southampton, Somerset, PA, Henry 34. 2. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Henry Marts, 47, Southampton, Somerset, PA, Hannah 28, Pricilla 8, Jacob 6, Theodore 2. 3. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Henry Martz, 57, Southampton, Somerset, PA, Hannah 37, Henery R 7, Margaret Teas 1. 4. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Henry Martz, 76, Southampton, Somerset, PA, Hannah 49, Russel 17.

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Name: Richard Martz (H2a6)1,2,3,4 ————————————————————————— Birth: 22 Mar 1815 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave, age 84y/6m/2d) Death: 24 Sep 1899 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Comp Cemetery, Somerset Co, PA Father: Jacob Martz (H2a) (1776-1845) Mother: Magdalena Teuchman (1772-1875)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation Richard was mentioned in his father’s will. From his age, Richard would seem to be Jacob’s sixth son. It seems obvious to believe he is the Richard Martz buried in Somerset County.


Relocated and Census Tracking Richard lived continuously from 1850-1880 in Southampton Township.


Death and Find-a-Grave Richard is on find-a-grave, his birth date computed from his date of death and age as given.

Known Sons From Census, Richard seems to have had several sons but one for sure was Hannibal Lincoln (2 May 1862-5 Aug 1931). He was listed with Richard in the 1870 Census, age 8. Hannibal was the author of the first book on the Martz family of Somerset County.

Only two of his sons were born before 1850: Jacob 1842 and Dennis 1848. I have been able to track them both.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Rebecca Boyer ————————————————————————— Birth: 26 Dec 1823 Birth Memo: (age 81y/6m/13d -- as I read it -- on find-a-grave) Death: 8 Jul 1905 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Comp Cemetery, Somerset Co, PA

Parent-Proof Rebecca is on find-a-grave but not well transcribed. She died 8 Jul 1905, her age is on her tombstone and as best I can make it out says 81y, 6m, 13d.

Sources 1. “1850 Census,” age, place, HH members, Richard Martz, 32, Southampton, Somerset, PA, Rebecca 26, Jacob 8, Sarah 5, Susanna 3, Dennis 1. 2. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Richard Marts, 45, Southampton, Somerset, PA, Rebecca 38, Jacob 17, Sarah 14, Dennis 12, Jesse 9, Charles 7, Samuel 5, William 4, Rebecca 6m.

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3. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Richard Martz, 55, Southampton, Somerset, PA, Rebecca 46, Sarah 24, Jesse 18, Charles 16, Samuel 14, William P 12, Hannibal L 8, Larie F 4. 4. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Richard Martz, 65, Southampton, Somerset, PA, Rebecca 56, Wm P 23, Hannibal L 18, Laura F 14.

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Name: Jacob R Martz (H2a6a)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 8 Jun 1842 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 14 Mar 1933 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Alice Union, Conrad, Grundy Co, IA Father: Richard Martz (H2a6) (1815-1899) Mother: Rebecca Boyer (1823-1905)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know Jacob as a son of Richard from his presence in his father’s household in 1850 and 1860. He is designated H2a6a.


Death and Find-a-Grave Jacob and his wife are on find-a-grave.

It is only because of his obituary as given on find-a-grave that I was able to connect Jacob who died in Iowa to Richard.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Mary Jane Lighter ————————————————————————— Birth: 1846 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 1921 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Alice Union, Conrad, Grundy Co, IA

Sources 1. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Jacob R Martz, 27, Coldwater, Butler Co, IA, Mary J 23, Edward W 1m. 2. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), J R Martz, 38, Palermo, Grundy, IA, Mary J 34, Edward 10, Stella 8, Elsie 7, Clyde 3.

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Name: Dennis Jackson Martz (H2a6b)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 1848 Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 17 Mar 1932 Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Watonga IOOF Cemetery, Blaine Co, OK Father: Richard Martz (H2a6) (1815-1899) Mother: Rebecca Boyer (1823-1905)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know Dennis as Richard’s son from his presence in his father’s 1850 and 1860 Census household. His full name comes from the Iowa delayed birth record of Lewis Melvin Martz born 3 Feb 1880 who said his father was Dennis Jackson Martz born abt 1848 in Summerset (sic) Co, PA and his mother was Sarah Marguerite Hart. Dennis is designated H2a6b.


Relocated and Census Tracking By 1870, he had left Pennsylvania and moved to Coldwater, Butler Co, IA where he was said to be a teacher and living with Jacob and Catherine Noss. Their immediate next door neighbor was Jacob R Martz, Dennis’ brother, also said to be a School Teacher. (I also notice several families named Sturtz living nearby.)

And by 1880, he was married, living in Nebraska and was a lawyer. He was listed as D J Martz in 1880, but the initials of his wife, S M, and the presence of son Lewis M age 4 months — totally consistent with Lewis’ delayed birth record — confirm it is Dennis.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Sarah Marguerite Hart ————————————————————————— Birth: 1854 Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 1929 Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Watonga IOOF Cemetery, Blaine Co, OK

Parent-Proof Her full name and maiden name come from the delayed birth record of their son Lewis.

Sources 1. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Dennis J Martz, 20, Coldwater, Butler Co, IA, l/w Jacob and Catherine Noss family. 2. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), D J Martz, 29, Ord, Valley, NE, S M 25, Warren E 7, John M 2, Louis M 4m.

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Name: George Martz (H2a7)1,2,3,4 ————————————————————————— Birth: 30 Mar 1817 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 20 Sep 1900 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Finks Cemetery, Somerset Co, PA Father: Jacob Martz (H2a) (1776-1845) Mother: Magdalena Teuchman (1772-1875)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation George was mentioned in his father’s will. From his age, George would seem to be Jacob’s seventh and youngest son. It seems obvious to believe he is the George Martz buried in Somerset County.



Relocated and Census Tracking George was consistently reported in 1850-1880 in Southampton Township.

Death and Find-a-Grave George is on find-a-grave.

Known Sons From the 1850 Census, his sons alive at that time were:

H2a7a Simon 1846 H2a7b Noah 1848 H2a7c Jonathan 1850

————————————————————————— Spouse: Rachel Boyer ————————————————————————— Birth: 12 Jun 1825 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 14 Jul 1898 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Finks Cemetery, Somerset Co, PA

Parent-Proof Three of Jacob’s sons married Boyer girls and one of Jacob’s daughters also married a Boyer. Rachel is on find-a-grave.

Sources 1. “1850 Census,” age, place, HH members, George Martz, 36, Southampton, Somerset, PA, Rachel 25, Lydia 6, Simon 4, Noah 2, Jonathan newborn. 2. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), George Marts, 43, Southampton, Somerset, PA, Rachel 34, Lydia 16, Simon 14, Noah 12, Jonathan 10, Elias 9, Lena 6, Isaiah 4, Mary 3.

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3. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), George Martz, 53, Southampton, Somerset, PA, Rachael 44, Jonathan 20, Eli S 18, Lana 15, Isaiah 14, Mary J 12, Solomon 10, Susanna 9, Herman 4. 4. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), George Martz, 63, Southampton, Somerset, PA, Rachael 57, Jonathan 29, Eli 28, Lanah 26, Isaiah 25, Solomon 20, Herman 15.

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Name: Simon G Martz (H2a7a)1 ————————————————————————— Birth: 22 Feb 1846 Birth Memo: (PA death certificate, find-a-grave says 1846) Death: 17 Feb 1911 Death Memo: (PA death certificate, find-a-grave says 1911) Burial: Greenlick Cemetery, Fayette Co, PA Father: George Martz (H2a7) (1817-1900) Mother: Rachel Boyer (1825-1898)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know Simon as George’s son from his presence in his father’s household in 1850 and 1860. Also, his death certificate says he was the son of George Martz and Rachel Boyer. He is designated H2a7a.


Death and Find-a-Grave Simon and Hannah are on find-a-grave.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Hannah Stouffer ————————————————————————— Birth: 1845 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 1898 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Greenback Cemetery, Fayette Co, PA

Sources 1. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Simon G Martz, 34, Southampton, Somerset, PA, Hannah 35, Henry 1.

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Name: Noah Martz (H2a7b)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 26 Jan 1848 Birth Memo: (PA death certificate) Death: 18 Feb 1932 Death Memo: (PA death certificate) Father: George Martz (H2a7) (1817-1900) Mother: Rachel Boyer (1825-1898)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know Noah as George’s son from his presence in his father’s household in 1850 and 1860. Also, his death certificate says he was the son of George Martz and Rachel Boyer. He is designated H2a7b.


Death and Find-a-Grave Noah is not on find-a-grave. His death Certificate says he was to buried in Hyndman Cemetery, there is a cemetery of the name in Bedford County but he’s not there.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Mary Wagerman ————————————————————————— Birth: 27 Mar 1844 Birth Memo: (PA death certificate) Death: 28 Apr 1917 Death Memo: (PA death certificate)

Parent-Proof Her death certificate says she was the daughter of Andrew Waterman and Lydia Bradigan.

Find-a-Grave She died in Hyndman, Bedford County and was supposed to be buried in Hyndman Cemetery.

Sources 1. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Noah Martz, 23, Southampton, Somerset, PA, Mary 25, Andrew C 9, Sarah J 1. 2. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Noah Martz, 32, Southampton, Somerset, PA, Mary 36, Sarah J 10, Lydia J 9, Franklin 5, Mary A 9m.

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Name: Jonathan Martz (H2a7c)1 ————————————————————————— Birth: 8 Nov 1849 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 4 Jan 1920 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Finks Cemetery, Somerset Co, PA Father: George Martz (H2a7) (1817-1900) Mother: Rachel Boyer (1825-1898)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know Jonathan as George’s son since he was living in his father’s household in 1850-1880 and then in 1900, George, age 83, was living with Jonathan who was not married. Jonathan is designated H2a7c.


Death and Find-a-Grave Jonathan is on find-a-grave, linked to his parents.

Sources 1. 1900 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Born (mmm yr), # yr Married, Female # Children/# Living, Birthplace, Additional Persons, Marital Status), Jonathan Martz, 50, Southampton, Somerset, PA, George 83, Solomon C 36.

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Name: Henry Martz (H2b)1,2,3,4 ————————————————————————— Birth: 8 Jun 1791 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 29 May 1870 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Stevenson Martz Cemetery, Adams Co, IN Father: Johan Wilhelm Mertz (H2) (1739-1803) Mother: Christina Hahn Other spouses: Catherine Lydick

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation Henry was the youngest of two sons of William and is designated H2b. His descendants refer to him as Big Henry.

From Biographical and Historical Record — Adams and Wells Co, Indiana published 1887.

“HENRY MARTZ, one of the old and respected pioneers of Adams County, who is now deceased, was born in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, March 26, 1792, his parents being natives of Germany. On coming to America they settled in Pennsylvania, where they lived till their death. The father was killed while assisting to raise the framework of a mill. Henry Martz, our subject, was reared on the home farm in Pennsylvania. He was first married to Julia A. Timberly, who was born in Frost-town, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, and to this union were born seven children, three sons and four daughters. Mrs. Martz died in Pennsylvania in 1824. In 1828 Mr. Martz went with his children to Ohio, and after visiting different parts of the State, located in Knox County, where he was married to Catherine Lydick, a native of Bedford County, Pennsylvania, born November 10, 1807. Her parents were also natives of Pennsylvania, where they spent their lives, and her grandparents came from Germany. Six children were born to this union - Mrs. Lydia Wagoner, George H., Mrs. Catherine Whiteherst, Mrs. Ellen Swiger, James K. and Mrs. Frances Hartnett. After living in different parts of Ohio Mr. Martz, in 1839, came with his family to Adams County, Indiana and purchased land until he had 140 acres. Here the parents lived until their death, Mr. Martz dying May 20, 1870 and Mrs. Martz, February 3, 1884. He was elected justice of the peace and held that office continuously for twenty-one years by election, and also filled other local offices, including trustee and clerk. He was a member of the Maryland militia during the war of 1812, and participated in the battle of Baltimore Heights. For his services in that war he received two land warrants for 160 acres, and after his death his wife received a pension.”


Relocated and Census Tracking Henry was born after his father had moved from Berks County to Somerset County. Then, sometime in the 1820’s, he moved to Ohio. Apparently in the next few years he lived various places in Ohio and then finally by 1840, he moved to Adams County, Indiana.

Catherine was his second wife. Julia Timberly, his first, was the mother of his oldest three sons.

Death and Find-a-Grave Henry is listed on find-a-grave.

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Known Daughters From the county history, from his estate papers and from the work of Kimberly Martz-Platt, I think I can state the names of Henry’s daughters.

Mary married Madden. Sarah married Moses Sevits. Magdalena married John Leisure. Julia married Stephen Whicker. Lydia married James Wagner. Ellen married Abraham Swiggert. Catherine married John Whitehurst. Frances married Frank Hartnett.

The first three were Henry’s daughters by Julia Timberly and the latter three by Catherine Leydig. It is not totally clear who Julia’s mother was.

Known Sons From the book by Ida A (Martz) Rees -- A Genealogy of the Martz Family of Adams County, IN and from his estate file, we know that names of all of Henry’s sons, the first three by his first wife, Julia Timberly:

1. H2b1. Jacob H (1817-1900). I am quite sure she is right as Jacob H is on find-a-grave buried in Adams County, IN. And he was the only other head-of-household Martz in Adams County in the 1850 Census.

2. H2b2. John (abt 1819-Sep 1868). John was elusive for a long time but I am now certain we have tracked him.

3. H2b3. William (abt 1830-16 Jul 1864). He was living with his father in 1850 and then he moved to Wisconsin. He died in the Civil War.

He had two additional sons by his second wife Catherine Lydick:

4. H2b4. George Henry (1838-1917) 5. H2b5. James Know Polk (1846-1915)

————————————————————————— Spouse: Julia A Timberly —————————————————————————

Sources 1. “1820 Census,” HOH, Place, 0-9 M/F, 10-15 M/F, 16-25 M/F, 18-25 M, 26-44 M/F, 45+ M/F, Henry Martz, Southampton Twp, Somerset Co, PA, 2/1, 0/0, 2/1, 0, 0/0, 0/0. 2. “1830 Census,” HOH, Place, age/gender, Henry Martz, Greenville Twp, Darke Co, OH, <5M, 10-14M (2), 30-39M, <5F (3), 5-9F, 10-14F, 30-39F. 3. “1840 Census,” HOH, Place, age/gender, Henry Marts, Jefferson & Monroe Twp, Adams Co, IN, <5M, 10-14M, 20-29M (2), 50-59M, <5F, 5-9F, 10-14F (2), 15-19F (3), 30-39F. 4. “1850 Census,” age, place, HH members, Henry Marty, 51, Monroe, Adams, IN, Catherine 43, William 20, Lydia 14, George H 12, Barbary E 8, Catherine 6, James K P 4, Hanah F newborn. 5. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Henry Martz, 68, Monroe, Adams, IN, Catherine 52, Catharine 16, James H 14, Hannah F 9.

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6. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Catherine Martz, 62, Monroe, Adams, IN, James 24, Hannah 20. 7. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Catherine Martz, 71, Monroe, Adams, IN, Frances 25.

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Name: Jacob H Martz (H2b1)1,2,3,4 ————————————————————————— Birth: 27 Mar 1817 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 23 Mar 1900 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Census: MRE Cemetery, Adams Co, IN Father: Henry Martz (H2b) (1791-1870) Mother: Julia A Timberly

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation According to Ida Rees, Jacob H was Henry’s oldest son. He is designated H2b1.

Relocated and Census Tracking As an adult, he lived always in Monroe Township.


Death and Find-a-Grave He is on find-a-grave, buried in Adams County.

Known Sons Jacob had four sons in the 1850 Census. I am unable to track Daniel born about 1847, so only three are designated:

H2b1a William Henry born 1842 H2b1b John Thomas born 1844 H2b1c Samuel J born 1849

————————————————————————— Spouse: Susan Head ————————————————————————— Birth: 15 Aug 1823 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 18 Feb 1915 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: MRE Cemetery, Adams Co, IN

Sources 1. “1850 Census,” age, place, HH members, Jacob Martr, 33, Monroe, Adams, IN, Susan 20, Urney 8, John 6, Daniel 4, Samuel 1. 2. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Jacob H Martz, 43, Monroe, Adams, IN, Sarah 36, William H 18, John T 15, Daniel S 13, Samuel J 10, George W 7, Jacob R 5, Mary A 3, Martha E 1, Hannah Head 89 . 3. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), J H Martz. 53. Monroe, Adams, IN, Sarah 46, Geo W 18, Jacob 16, Mary A 13, Martha 12, James W 9, Joseph 6, Nathan 3. 4. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Jacob H Martz, 63, Monroe, Adams, IN, Susan 56, George 27, James 19, Ellen 21, Joseph 16, Nathan 12.

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Name: William Henry Martz (H2b1a)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 15 May 1842 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 3 Feb 1919 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Smith Cemetery, Adams Co, IN Father: Jacob H Martz (H2b1) (1817-1900) Mother: Susan Head (1823-1915)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know William Henry as Jacob’s son since he lived in his father’s household in 1850 and 1860 and then stayed in Adams County and is buried there. He is designated H2b1a.


Death and Find-a-Grave William Henry and his wife Zadora are on find-a-grave.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Zadora Livona Miller ————————————————————————— Birth: 1842 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 1884 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Smith Cemetery, Adams Co, IN

Sources 1. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Henry Martz, 28, Monroe, Adams, IN, Isadora 28, Martin 3, Lydia 9m. 2. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), William Martz, 38, Monroe, Adams, IN, Dora 37, Martin 13, Lydia I 10, Austin 8, Martha 2.

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Name: John Thomas Martz (H2b1b)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 16 Sep 1844 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 14 Jul 1936 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: MRE Cemetery, Adams Co, IN Father: Jacob H Martz (H2b1) (1817-1900) Mother: Susan Head (1823-1915)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know John Thomas as Jacob’s son since he lived in his father’s household in 1850 and 1860 and then stayed in Adam County and is buried there. He is designated H2b1b.


Death and Find-a-Grave John Thomas and hist wife Cynthia are on find-a-grave.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Cynthia A Hughes ————————————————————————— Birth: 20 Jul 1852 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 27 Apr 1933 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: MRE Cemetery, Adams Co, IN

Sources 1. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), John T Martz, 24, Monroe, Adams, IN, Cynthia 20, Daniel 1. 2. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), John F Martz, 37, Monroe, Adams, IN, Cynthia 26, Charles 5, Hosea 1.

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Name: Samuel J Martz (H2b1c)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 22 Sep 1849 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 27 Feb 1932 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Backesto Cemetery, Berne, Adams Co, IN Father: Jacob H Martz (H2b1) (1817-1900) Mother: Susan Head (1823-1915)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know Samuel J as Jacob’s son since he lived in his father’s household in 1850 and 1860 and then stayed in Adam County and is buried there. He is designated H2b1c.


Death and Find-a-Grave Samuel J and his wife Mary Jane are on find-a-grave.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Mary Jane Baker ————————————————————————— Birth: 22 Mar 1850 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 26 Jul 1931 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Backesto Cemetery, Berne, Adams Co, IN

Sources 1. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Samuel Martz, 21, Monroe, Adams, IN, Jane 20, Jessee 2m l/w Jessee Baker 64. 2. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Samuel J Martz, 30, Monroe, Adams, IN, Mary J 30, Jesse 10, Susan 7, William 5.

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Name: John Martz (H2b2)1 ————————————————————————— Birth: abt 1819 Memo: (Civil War Draft Registration) Death: Sep 1868 Iowa Memo: (court discussion of Iowa land sale involving John) Father: Henry Martz (H2b) (1791-1870) Mother: Julia A Timberly

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation IDA Rees, who wrote a book on “Big Henry” and his family of Adams County, Indiana lists John, born 1820, as Henry’s second son. But I only ever could find him in the 1850 Census living as a neighbor to his father and brother and then he seemed to disappear. Where’d he go?

Separately, at some point I became aware of an Elizabeth Martz, the widow of John, who in 1870 was living in Iowa with seven young children, six born in Wisconsin from 1857 to 1866 and the youngest born in 1879 in Iowa.

We always had a theory that Elizabeth’s husband John was none other than Henry’s son John, but I could not connect enough dots to believe there was enough evidence to make that connection.

Finally, in 2020, the dots emerged and that connection is now proven. The dots we connected were these:

We knew that the widow Elizabeth was Elizabeth Norris, daughter of Loyd Norris (note the name of her oldest son was Loyd). In 1850, Elizabeth, age 17, was still living at home and home was Bearcreek Township, Jay County, Indiana. In 1850, John was living near his father in Monroe Township, Adams County, Indiana. Monroe County adjoins Jay County and the the two townships were separated by just one intervening township (Wabash). In other words, John and Elizabeth lived not far apart at all.

Ida Rees also said Henry had a son William and he was a person I never could find anywhere. Imagine my surprise when I finally found him in the 1860 Census living in Wisconsin, a neighbor of Loyd Norris. He had married Sophia Norris, Loyd’s daughter and Elizabeth’s sister.

And we learned that John Martz had died in Iowa in 1868. And people familiar with the 1860 Census of Richland County, Wisconsin said it was notoriously bad at having skipped many persons.

So John was in Adams County, IN in 1850, in Richland County, WI in 1860 (but skipped in Census) and then died in Iowa in 1868 leaving his widow and children who can be found there in 1870.

And finally, Kimberly Martz-Platt found, among the estate papers of Henry Martz of Adams County, record that Jacob H Martz (Henry’s oldest son) was appointed guardian for a set of children whose names exactly match the names of the children living with the widow Elizabeth Martz in 1870.

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John is designated H2b2.

Relocated and Census Tracking I have only ever found John in Census in 1850. By 1860, we are certain he had moved to Wisconsin where we find his father-in-law and his brother living next door to each other and somehow John most have been there too but was simply skipped over by the Census taker.

The question to which I have no answer is what happened to what must have been John’s first wife and two daughters he had by her as known from the 1850 Census.

Death and Find-a-Grave I do not think John is on find-a-grave.


Known Sons John’s oldest son was Loyd born in about 1857, so I have not tracked any of his sons further.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Elizabeth Norris2,3 ————————————————————————— Birth: abt 1833 Memo: (age 17 in 1850) Father: Loyd Norris

Census History By 1880, she has remarried George Knight and now lives in Kansas. The Marts names in her 1880 household are just a little confusing. Some are her children but also her son Benjamin had by 1880 married George Knight’s daughter Susanna and they had a new born daughter named Mary also present.

Sources 1. 1850 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), John Marty, 29, Monroe, Adams, IN, Mary 22, Margaret J 6, Mary F new born. 2. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Elizabeth Martz, 35, Camp, Polk, Iowa, Loyd 13, Benj 11, Lydia 10, Susanna 8, Jon 6, Jos 4 (those six born WI), Elizabeth 1 (born IO). 3. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), George Knight, 40, Roscoe, Reno, KS, Elisabeth 44, (5 Knight children ages 9-16), and 6 younger Marts: Benjiman 20, Susan 17, John 15, Joseph 14, Elisabeth 11, Mary 1 month.

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Name: William Martz (H2b3)1 ————————————————————————— Birth: abt 1830 Memo: (age 33 on 1863 CW Draft Registration) Death: 16 Jul 1864 Memo: (Veteran’s Death Records) Burial: Alexandria National Cemetery, Alexandria, VA Father: Henry Martz (H2b) (1791-1870) Mother: Julia A Timberly

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation Ida Rees lists William as Henry’s third son. It turns out that is right but she has the wrong birth and death dates for him. She says he was born in 1823 so I wasn’t even sure it was him living with his father in 1850, since his age was given as 20. But it turns out, when he registered for the Civil War Draft, he indicated a birth of about 1820). He is designated H2b3.

Kimberly Martz-Platt sent me the estate file for Henry Martz which shows that two of his sons predeceased him leaving children who were named and given a guardian. The sons who had died were not named, just their children.

One of the sons was John who I had known about for a long time but wasn’t convinced was Henry’s son but the names of his children were exactly right for what I knew about John. John had married Elizabeth Norris. The two other children, of the other deceased son, were named James and John. But it all came together when I found that living next door to Elizabeth Norris’ father in 1860 was William Martz with wife Sophia (Elizabeth’s sister) and one-year-old son James.

Relocated and Census Tracking William grew up in Adams County, Indiana and his wife Sophia in neighboring Jay County. She was the daughter of Loyd Norris.

William was with his father in 1850 and by 1860 he had moved to Dayton, Wisconsin where his wife’s family had also moved.


Death and Find-a-Grave William served in a Wisconsin unit and died in the Civil War. He is buried in a large military cemetery in Alexandria, Virginia.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Sophia Norris2,3 ————————————————————————— Birth: abt 1840 Memo: (age 10 in 1850, age 20 in 1860) Marriage: 2 Oct 1856 Richland, WI Marr Memo: (Wisconsin Marriage Index on Ancestry.com Death: 1890) Memo: (find-a-grave which says she was born in 1843 which doesn’t seem right) Burial: Brown Cemetery, Boaz, WI Father: Loyd Norris

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Parent-Proof We know she was Loyd’s daughter from her presence in his 1850 household in Indiana and then in 1860, she was married and living next to her father in Wisconsin. Her sister married the brother of her husband.

Sources 1. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), William Martz, 28, Dayton, Richland, WI, Sophia 20, James 1. 2. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Sophia Marts, 27, Dayton, Richland, WI, James 11, John 9. 3. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Robert Williams, 34, Dayton, Richland, WI, Sophiah, 37, James Marts 21, John Marts 20, Lydia Williams 5.

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Name: George Henry Martz (H2b4)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 27 Oct 1838 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 28 Jul 1917 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Smith Cemetery, Adams Co, IN Father: Henry Martz (H2b) (1791-1870) Mother: Catherine Lydick

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know George Henry as Henry’s son from his presence in his father’s household in 1850. He is designated H2b4.


Relocated and Census Tracking He said in Monroe Township.

Death and Find-a-Grave George Henry is on find-a-grave.

Known Sons George Henry had no sons born before 1850.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Sarah J Riley ————————————————————————— Birth: 22 Jul 1834 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 24 Sep 1875 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Smith Cemetery, Adams Co, IN

Sources 1. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Geo H Martz, 31, Monroe, Adams, IN, Sarah J 35, Gerry 8, Cora 1, Alvin Riley 13. 2. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), George H Martz, 41, Monroe, Adams, IN, Amelia 29, Gerry 17, Cora 11, Walter 8, Minnie 4, Charles 2, James Stodgel 7.

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Name: James Knox Polk Martz (H2b5) ————————————————————————— Birth: 1 May 1846 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 3 Dec 1915 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: MRE Cemetery, Adams Co, IN Father: Henry Martz (H2b) (1791-1870) Mother: Catherine Lydick

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know James as Henry’s son from his presence in his father’s household in 1850 and 1860 and then with his widowed mother in 1870. He is designated H2b5.

Relocated and Census Tracking James stayed in Monroe Township.


Death and Find-a-Grave James is on find-a-grave.

Known Sons James had no sons born before 1850. He himself barely made it.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Rachael Ann Hahn ————————————————————————— Birth: 22 Aug 1852 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 17 Mar 1953 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: MRE Cemetery, Adams Co, IN

Sources 1. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), James K Martz, 34, Monroe, Adams, IN, Rachel 28, Ida V 6, Lily 4, Mary 1, Ithimer Henry 10.

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Name: Johann Jacob Mertz (H3)1,2,3,4 ————————————————————————— Birth: 18 Aug 1741 Rockland Twp, Berks Co, PA Birth Memo: (Mertz Church) Death: 9 Nov 1811 Death Memo: (Mertz Church) Burial: Mertz Church, Rockland Twp, Berks Co, PA Father: John Henry (Johan Heinrich) Mertz (H) (3 Dec 1709-1788) Mother: Anna Maria Rosemann (~1715-> 5 Nov 1780)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation Jacob’s baptism was recorded, he was the son of John Henry and Anna Maria Mertz, born 18 Aug 1741. He was listed on the Mertz Church monument that honors John Henry and his family and also named in his father’s will. Jacob is designated H3.

Mary Lou Kueker sent me a copy of the deed wherein Henry Mertz "of Salisbury Township, Northampton County" sold his property in Rockland Township, including the church and cemetery area, to "my son Jacob Mertz of Rockland Township, Berks County" in 1773. The deed was not recorded until 1779 when Jacob sold the property. The deed is for 200 acres of land that Henry patented 29 Mar 1738 on Beader (Bieber, I assume) Creek then Oley now Rockland Township. It also covered 25 acres in Maxatawny Township.

Relocated and Census Tracking It is surprising Jacob has been confused with the Jacobs of Longswamp Township who moved to Northumberland County before the 1790 Census since this Jacob was always in Rockland Township in tax records and in Census in 1790, 1800 and 1810.

After John Jacob died, his two sons then appeared in Census in Rockland Township.


Discrepancies This is the man that others say was the Jacob Mertz who appeared in Northumberland County in about 1785. The birth date of John Henry’s son Jacob is known and I have found that date at times listed as the birth date of Jacob of Northumberland County. But I believe there is no evidence for that. It is because it was assumed that Northumberland Jacob was Rockland Jacob that the birth date was erroneously misappropriated.

But there were several men named Jacob Mertz in Berks County in, say, the 1770’s and I have substantially proven -- by the names of their wives and by the other Mertzes they associated with -- that it was the Jacobs of Longswamp who moved to Northumberland County while this Jacob stayed in Berks County, died and was buried there.

Death and Find-a-Grave A lot of people suggest that many of John Henry’s family may have been buried at Mertz Church. Some say that because they have mistakenly thought the cenotaph placed there to honor this family long after they all had died implies that they were all buried there (it doesn’t, it’s a cenotaph not a tombstone).

Some point to some vague references to old unreadable stones in the front row of the cemetery and suggest they are this family. I’ve looked at those stones and indeed they are un-decipherable. So, maybe, maybe not, who knows?

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But this is fact -- there really is a tombstone in that cemetery for H3 John Jacob. He is buried there. John Henry and the rest of his family wandered somewhat distant in their lives from their home church, but Jacob never did. He never lived away from Rockland Township, where he was born and buried. In fact, I believe he may be the only Mertz actually buried at Mertz Church.

Jacob is on find-a-grave. The memorial had a long biography for him that listed multiple wives and about 17 children — the person who wrote it had merged information about all three of the different original Jacobs of Berks County. I worked with the find-a-grave managers to replace what was there with a biography I wrote.

Jacob died intestate but his estate file states quite specifically that he left wife Catharina and five children: Jacob, the older son, Benjamin, Elizabeth (unmarried), Hannah wife of Daniel Weiser and Ester wife of Ernst Fuchs.

All five of these children are buried at New Jerusalem.

Known Daughters Jacob and Catharina baptized five daughters at Mertz Church but, from his estate file, apparently only two survived: Hannah and Ester.

Known Sons Jacob had two sons:

H3a Jacob born 1774 H3b Benjamin born 1786

————————————————————————— Spouse: Catharina Schoelkopf ————————————————————————— Birth: 22 Jun 1747 Death: 29 Apr 1826 Death Memo: (Mertz Church death record, her name given as Schaller) Burial: Mertz Church, Rockland Twp, Berks Co, PA

Parent-Proof In 1770, Jacob stood as sponsor with Susanna Marg Quierin when his brother Philip baptized their son Jacob. He was probably single at the time and later married Catharina. Patty Mertz says Catharina was either Schoelkopf or Schaldaen. The Mertz Church record of her death says her name was Schaller.

Sources 1. Church Records: “Mertz Church,” Rockland Twp, Berks Co, PA, Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths, Repository: Summary Printout from Church Archives, Johan Jacob Merz s/o Johan Heinirch & Ana Maria b. 18 Aug 1741 bp. 30 Aug sp. Jacob Roseman & Ana Magdalena Scheurin. 2. 1790 Census, (HOH, Place, M > 15, M < 16, F), Jacob Mertz, Rockland Twp, Berks Co, PA, 1,2,4. 3. 1800 Census, (HOH, Place, 0-9 M/F, 10-15 M/F, 16-25 M/F, 26-44 M/F, 45+ M/F), Jacob Mertz, Rockland Twp, Berks Co, PA, 0/2, 1/1, 0/0, 0/1, 1/0. 4. 1810 Census, (HOH, Place, 0-9 M/F, 10-15 M/F, 16-25 M/F, 26-44 M/F, 45+ M/F), Jacob Mertz, Rockland Twp, Berks Co, PA, 0/0, 0/0, 1/3, 1/0, 1/1.

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Name: John Jacob Mertz (H3a)1,2,3 ————————————————————————— Birth: 20 Sep 1774 Mertz Church, Rockland Twp, Berks Co, PA Birth Memo: (find-a-grave says 20 Apr 1774) Death: 12 Nov 1845 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: New Jerusalem, Rockland, Berks, PA Father: Johann Jacob Mertz (H3) (1741-1811) Mother: Catharina Schoelkopf (1747-1826)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know Jacob as the son of Jacob from his baptism at Mertz Church and from his father’s estate file. He is designated H3a.

Relocated and Census Tracking This is the one son that John Jacob Sr. baptized at Mertz Church. He was born in 1774. I believe he also stayed in Rockland Township and is the younger Jacob there in 1820-1840 after his father died.


Death and Find-a-Grave Jacob is on find-a-grave. When I first saw the memorial, Elizabeth Mertz was linked to him as his wife. I knew from his father’s estate file that Elizabeth was Jacob’s sister. I was able to get that problem fixed. It took me even more work to then get Susanna Mertz linked to him as his wife.

There is a Berks County estate file for this Jacob as well. It says his wife was Susanna and that they had no children.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Susanna Angstadt ————————————————————————— Birth: 26 Jan 1790 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Marriage: 9 Apr 1817 Marr Memo: (Reading Adler) Death: 3 Apr 1850 Burial: New Jerusalem, Rockland, Berks, PA

Parent-Proof In the Readling Adler per RMR, Jacob Mertz married Susanna Angstandt 9 Apr 1817 both of Rockland Township.

Susanna left a will leaving everything to her brother Benjamin Angstadt.

Sources 1. 1820 Census, (HOH, Place, 0-9 M/F, 10-15 M/F, 16-18 M, 16-25 M/F, 26-44 M/F, 45+ M/F), Jacob Mertz, Rockland Twp, Berks Co, PA, 1/0, 1/0, 0/0, 0, 1/2, 0/0. 2. 1830 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age Bracket Males/Females), Jacob Metz, Rockland Twp, Berks Co, PA, 15-19M, 50-59M, 30-39F.

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3. 1840 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age Bracket Males/Females), Jacob Martz, Rockland Twp, Berks Co, PA, 5-9M, 20-29M, 60-69M, 15-19F, 50-59F.

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Name: Benjamin Mertz (H3b)1,2,3,4 ————————————————————————— Birth: 17 Apr 1786 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 20 Jun 1860 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: New Jerusalem, Rockland, Berks, PA Father: Johann Jacob Mertz (H3) (1741-1811) Mother: Catharina Schoelkopf (1747-1826)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation Benjamin was named as his son in Jacob’s estate file. Everything I know about him is consistent with this fact. Benjamin is designated H3b.

Relocated and Census Tracking Benjamin stayed in Rockland Township and was listed there in the 1820-1860 Census.


Death and Find-a-Grave Benjamin is on find-a-grave.

Known Daughters Benjamin and wife Susanna baptized Catharina in 1833 with his brother Jacob and his wife Susanna as sponsors.

In the 1850 Census, his daughters were Catharine 18, Hannah 16, and Susan 10.

His 1860 estate file though listed only Hannah married to Reuben Dear (?) and Susannah.

Known Sons In the 1850 Census, his sons were Jacob age 14, Benjamin age 12 and Daniel age 7.

His estate file lists just those three sons in that order, in each case now with the middle initial C. Here is a great example of a point I make in several different places. In the 1700’s, these German boys were typically given two names. Often the first name was Johann and then the middle name, for example Jacob or Philip or Henry, was the name they would actually go by.

By the 1800’s, the convention evolved and quite often most or all of a man’s sons were given a first name, for example Benjamin or Daniel or Samuel, and that was the name they would be called by. And they were given a middle name, often the maiden name of the man’s wife.

H3b1 Jacob C born 1837 H3b2 Benjamin C born 1838 H3b3 Daniel born 1844

————————————————————————— Spouse: Susanna Christman ————————————————————————— Birth: 30 May 1803

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Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 22 Oct 1885 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: New Jerusalem, Rockland, Berks, PA

Parent-Proof Her name is given as Susanna Christman on find-a-grave. It is interesting that in the 1860 estate file for Benjamin Mertz, all three of his sons have the middle initial C — I would guess Christman in all cases.

This new naming system seems to have caught on with several Berks County Mertzes in the mid-1800’s.

Census History After her husband died, Susan is a little hard to find in Census.

In 1870, a candidate was Susanna, age 67, living in New Hanover Towsnhip, Montgomery County. This is where an unidentified Mertz family had lived in the early 1800’s so I had to be careful before just assuming this was Benjamin’s widow.

But the household seems to be the remnants of Benjamin’s family including sons Benjamin and Daniel. Moreover, I have been able to prove that Benjamin indeed lived in 1880 in Montgomery County so I believe that is where he moved bringing, in 1870, the rest of his family with him.

Sources 1. 1820 Census, (HOH, Place, 0-9 M/F, 10-15 M/F, 16-18 M, 16-25 M/F, 26-44 M/F, 45+ M/F), Benjn Merta, Rockland Twp, Berks Co, PA, 0/0, 1/0, 0/0, 0, 1/1, 0/1. 2. 1830 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age Bracket Males/Females), Benjamin Merty, Rockland Twp, Berks Co, PA, 15-19M, 30-39M, 30-39F, 40-49F. 3. 1840 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age Bracket Males/Females), Ben Marts, Rockland Twp, Berks Co, PA, <5M, 5-9M, 10-14M, 40-49M, <5F, 5-9F, 30-39F. 4. 1850 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Benjamin Martz, 61, Rockland, Berks, PA, Susan 50, Catharine 18, Hannah 16, Jacob 14, Benjamin 12, Susan 10, Daniel 7. 5. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Benjamin Mertz, 73, Rockland, Berks, PA, Susanna 58, Jacob 23, Benjamin 21, Susanna 19, Daniel 16, Sarah 14. 6. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Susanna Martz, 67, New Hanover, Montgomery, PA, Benjamin (carpenter) 31, Daniel 26, Matilda 20, Henry Grimley 14. 7. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Susan Martz, 65, Reading, Berks, PA lives with William Myers 40.

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Name: Jacob C Mertz (H3b1)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 7 Jan 1837 Birth Memo: (death certificate and find-a-grave) Death: 2 Apr 1907 Death Memo: (death certificate and find-a-grave) Burial: New Jerusalem, Rockland, Berks, PA Father: Benjamin Mertz (H3b) (1786-1860) Mother: Susanna Christman (1803-1885)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know Jacob as Benjamin’s son from his presence in his father’s 1850 and 1860 Census household as well from his death certificate which says his parents were Benjamin and Susan (Christiana) Mertz. Jacob is designated H3b1.


Relocated and Census Tracking Jacob stayed locally.

Death and Find-a-Grave Jacob is on find-a-grave, his birth and death dates match his death certificate.

Known Sons Jacob had no sons born prior to the 1850 Census.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Magdalena Barto ————————————————————————— Birth: 30 Mar 1836 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 7 May 1904 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: New Jerusalem, Rockland, Berks, PA

Sources 1. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Jacob Mertz, 33, Rockland, Berks, PA, Magdalene 34, Laura 7, Sylvanus 5, Amanda 3, Martha 2, Benjn 6m, Catharine Wentzel 11, William Herring 16, Mary Grissamer 24. 2. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Jacob C Mertz, 43, Rockland, Berks, PA, Magdalena 44, Laura 17, Sylvanus 15, Amanda 14, Martha 12, Benjamin 11, Maggie 8, Catherine 7, Jacob 5, Mary 1.

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Name: Benjamin C Mertz (H3b2)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 6 Aug 1838 Birth Memo: (death certificate) Death: 1 Dec 1927 Death Memo: (death certificate) Burial: Mt Zion, North Coventry Twp, Chester Co, PA Father: Benjamin Mertz (H3b) (1786-1860) Mother: Susanna Christman (1803-1885)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know Benjamin as Benjamin’s son from his presence in his father’s 1850 Census household as well from his death certificate that says his parents were Benjamin Mertz and Susan Christman. Benjamin is designated H3b2.

Relocated and Census Tracking I found a Benjamin Mertz of the right age in the 1870 Census to be him, but since he lived in Montgomery County, I had to be sure. Some evidence was that his mother was present too and his brother Daniel — or in any event people of those names and the correct ages.

But the proof evolved when Benjamin was still in Montgomery County in 1880 with the same occupation (carpenter) from 1870 and now a wife named Mary A.

And then I found a death certificate for him and a find-a-grave memorial with dates matching his death certificate. Finally, in the same cemetery where Benjamin was buried, his wife Mary Anne Angstadt was there too. She is linked to her parents, buried in Berks County. It all ties together.


Death and Find-a-Grave His death certificate gives exact birth and death dates for him, his find-a-grave memorial only says 1838-1927.

Known Daughters The only child they ever seem to have in Census is a daughter Mary A born about 1883. The obituary of Benjamin’s wife, Mary Anne, refers to their daughter as adopted.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Mary Anne Angstadt ————————————————————————— Birth: 13 Feb 1846 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 10 Mar 1926 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Mt Zion, North Coventry Twp, Chester Co, PA

Sources 1. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Benjamin Martz, carpenter, 31, Daniel 26, Matilda 20, Henry Grimley 14, Susanna Mertz 67.

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2. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Benjamin Mertz, carpenter, 41, Pottstown, Montgomery, PA, Mary A 34.

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Name: Daniel Mertz (H3b3) ————————————————————————— Father: Benjamin Mertz (H3b) (1786-1860) Mother: Susanna Christman (1803-1885)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know Daniel as Benjamin’s son from his presence in the 1850 and 1860 Census household of his father. He is designated H3b3.


Relocated and Census Tracking Daniel is found in 1870 living with his older brother Benjamin in Montgomery County. He was age 26. A Matilda Mertz was present in that household who I don’t think was a sister nor do I think she was Benjamin’s wife. Could she have been Daniel’s wife.

I cannot find Daniel in 1880.

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Name: Heinrich Mertz (H4)1,2,3,4,5 ————————————————————————— Birth: 29 Jul 1749 Birth Memo: (Mertz Church) Death: abt 1825 Death Memo: (estate releases filed by late 1820’s) Father: John Henry (Johan Heinrich) Mertz (H) (3 Dec 1709-1788) Mother: Anna Maria Rosemann (~1715-> 5 Nov 1780)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation Heinrich was baptized at Mertz Church by his parents John Henry and Anna Maria Mertz. He was listed on the Mertz Church monument that honors John Henry and his family and also named in his father’s will. Henry was born in 1749, he is designated H4.

The question is where did he end up? Of the various Henry or Heinrich Mertz, for example, in the 1790 Census, which one was him? I believe the answer is the one in Allen Township, Northampton County.

Discrepancies This is the man that some say was the same man that appeared in Northumberland County by 1790 where he came to be known as David Mertz. Poppycock! This nonsense was started by Allen Donald Tallman.

The problem was that when people started doing genealogical research on the Mertzes and Martzes of Northumberland County, known to have come there from Berks County in the late 1700’s, they started with the flawed idea that Mertz Church was the home-base of all Mertzes of Berks County and no one even considered looking at the records of the Longswamp Reformed Church. Had they looked there, they would have found a David Mertz who was obviously the David Mertz who appeared in Northumberland County. And they would have found his brother Jacob. And it all would have made sense.

But instead they went looking for David at Mertz Church. They thought they found Jacob there, not realizing it was the wrong Jacob. But they found no David. They did though find a Heinrich, Jacob’s brother, and since no Heinrich came to Northumberland County, they concluded Heinrich was David.

Even when Tallman found the will of David wherein he stated his age indicating a 1745 birth date, and even though that didn’t match the known 1749 birth date of Heinrich, still Tallman was not swayed from his mistaken conclusion. So Tallman invented a name for this “composite” man -- he named him Heinrich David Mertz -- a name that now appears in many hundreds of Ancestry.com Family Trees. It’s an absurdity -- there was no such man.


Relocated and Census Tracking Henry Mertz of Rockland Township, single, was reported on the 1779 Pennsylvania Septennial Census. I’d think it was his father except for being single.

So then what happened to Heinrich? Where did he go? Or, did he die young? The idea that he went to Northumberland County is laughable of course but demonstrates the problem of tracking all the Berks County Mertzes as they moved elsewhere as adults. Heinrich, I think, actually moved to Northampton County but that is certainly not proven beyond all doubt. (No Northampton County is not Northumberland County -- they just sound similar.)

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One problem with Heinrich born 1749 is keeping him separate from his cousin Heinrich (son of Jost) who was born a little later -- possibly as early as 1755, perhaps as late as 1763. These two men led parallel lives, living in Berks County and worshipping at Mertz Church through the 1770’s and into the 1780’s and then both probably moved elsewhere. To add to the confusion, they both married women named Elizabeth.

It gets worse. There were two more Heinrich Mertzes born and raised in Longswamp Township with ages overlapping the two from Mertz Church, 1743 or so in one case, 1765 for the other. The two Heinrichs of Longswamp were reared in the Reformed religion, the two from Mertz Church, Lutheran.

The starting point to figure this out is the 1790 and then later Census. And indeed, in the 1790 Census there were four Henrys listed: one in Longswamp Township, one in Manheim Township — those two being Berks County though Manheim would eventually become part of Schuylkill — and then one in Allen Township and one in Salisbury Township — those two being part of Northampton County though Salisbury would eventually become part of Lehigh. The question is who was who?

After much study of the different Henry Mertzes of the Berks and Northampton County area, it is my opinion that this Heinrich, son of John Henry, had moved probably by the early 1780’s to Allen Township (he baptized children there in the early 1780’s and was listed there on a 1786 tax list with 90 acres). There he lived out his life and died there in the mid-1820’s. I believe he was in fact the Henry Mertz reported there, in Allen Township, in the 1790, 1800, 1810 and 1820 Census.

I will admit that this is not absolutely proven and I am always on the lookout for more information to possibly add evidence to my theory or suggest contradictory evidence which may cause me in the future to rethink my conclusions here.

But the evidence supporting the idea that it was this Henry (H4) in Allen Township is that in 1800 he was age 45+, which I think excludes several of the other Henry’s. I also know that the death of Elizabeth Mertz, wife of Heinrich, was listed in the records of Schoenersville Church in 1826. She was age 74, thus born 1752 and therefore very much the right age to be the wife of Henry born 1749.

And there is one more piece of what I consider compelling evidence. One of the “genealogical best practices” I preach is that if saying a certain person in some new place is in fact a person of that same name in some previous place, there needs to be some carry- through besides just the name to connect the two. Some association, for example, of someone else who is also of both the old and new place.

And there is an important carry-through in this case that I think strongly supports my contention that Heinrich Mertz born 1749 who as a youth was associated with Mertz Church was indeed the Henry Mertz who lived his adult life in Allen Township. Her name is Anna Rosina, Henry’s sister, who also was baptized at Mertz Church and who married Jacob Seip.

Two baptisms at Schoenersville in Allen Township tell the story. In one, Henry and Elizabeth Mertz sponsored the Lutheran baptism of John Seip, son of Jacob and Rosina. John was born 16 Jan 1786 and baptized 26 Mar 1786. In the other, at the Reformed baptism on 20 Jan 1782 of Heinrich Mertz, son of Heinrich and Elizabeth the sponsors were Jacob and Rosina Seip.

This in my opinion was not a random coincidence, the absolutely most logical explanation is that Henry and Rosina were siblings.

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Note however, the one discordant note. Besides his son Heinrich, there was one other baptism by Heinrich and Elisabeth in an Allen Township Reformed church. Heinrich of Mertz Church was Lutheran (as was his sister Rosina who did baptized her son John as Lutheran).

Nonetheless, for now, I believe Henry H4 is Henry of Allen Township. My best explanation is that maybe his wife was Reformed and after their marriage they chose to follow that religion rather than his.

Death and Find-a-Grave Heinrich disappeared from Census after 1820. Releases filed on the estate of Henry Mertz of Allen Township in the late 1820’s also would seem to indicate a mid-1820’s date of death for Henry.

I know that because a woman named Ursula Wacht, who lives in Germany, found some records I would never have found that help establish the names of some of the children of a Henry Mertz who died in the mid-1820’s in Allen Township, Northampton County. She found in some Probate Records several releases to the administrator of Henry Mertz’ estate that they had been paid their share of the estate.

On 3 Nov 1828, Aster Shemberger, wife of Peter, daughter of Henry filed her release.

In Feb 1829, George Mertz, by his attorney, signed his release.

On 25 Apr 1829, Anna Flexer and her husband Jacob signed their release. [When recorded, it looks for all the world as if it was dated 1789, about when any release on the estate of Henry’s father might have been dated, but Anna was not Johan Heinrich’s daughter so it must be terribly poor penmanship.]

In Oct 1829, Daniel Mertz gave his release.

Known Daughters From their releases Aster and Anna were two daughters of Henry’s that I am sure of. I believe Anna is the Anna Maria Flexer (1780-1855) buried at Jerusalem Western Cemetery with a Jacob Flexer of the same age buried nearby.

I find several things interesting about Anna Maria which I think add evidence to my conclusion her father was the son of John Henry (H). Her name was Anna Maria, named for her mother? And she is buried at Jerusalem Western where her Uncle George Heinrich is also buried.

Anna Maria’s husband Jacob, in fact, seems to have been of Macungie Township and something I always consider is how a young couple ever came to meet. Where was the geographic overlap in their lives? Macungie Township and the Jerusalem Western Church are both today in Lehigh County, not all that far apart. So Anna Maria met a man who lived closer to her uncle than her own family and they are buried in the same cemetery as her uncle. I think is more evidence that Henry of Allen Township was Henry originally of Mertz Church.

Aster may or may not be Ester, born 14 Jul 1789, daughter of Henrich and Elisabeth of Whitehall Township, (then) Northampton County (this from a list of Lehigh County births from different sources, it could be a different Henry). But I suspect Ester is Aster.

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Known Sons I know the names of two sons from their baptisms by Henry and Elisabeth:

John Henry, son of Heinrich & Elisabeth Mertz, born 7 Dec 1781, baptized at Christ Church (Reformed) in Schoenersville (near Allen Township). However, I know nothing more about him.

Daniel, son of Heinrich & Elisabeth Mertz, born 11 Apr 1784, baptized at Zion Stone Church (Reformed) in Kreidersville, Allen Township, Northampton County.

From the estate releases, I can add George but I truly know nothing more about George.

And from the fact that a younger male, John, joins Henry in the 1810 Census in Allen Township and continues there through 1850 when he was age 66 [born 1784], I have made him a son of Henry too.

Finally, this John, who I am only guessing was the son of Heinrich, moved to Lower Saucon Township in 1860 where a Jacob Mertz born maybe in the late 1790’s also lived. I don’t otherwise know who Jacob was, so I’m doubling down on my guess about John and making this Jacob yet another son of Heinrich.

So the three sons I have designated are:

H4a Daniel 1784 H4b John born 1785 H4c Jacob born 1800

————————————————————————— Spouse: Elisabeth ————————————————————————— Birth: 1752 Death: 27 Feb 1826 Schoenersville, Northampton Co, PA Death Memo: (date of burial, age 74)

Parent-Proof One of the two cousins named Henry married a woman named Maria Elisabeth and among the baptisms at Mertz Church in the 1770’s, Maria Elisabetha Hoffman(in) stood as sponsor at several Mertz family baptisms with one or another young Mertz men. I believe, though, it was Heinrich, son of Jost, whose wife was thereafter always called Maria Elizabeth (or some version thereof).

Henry’s wife was named (just) Elizabeth at the baptisms of their children. And the records of Christ Reformed in Scheonersville record the burial of Elis Mertz in 1826 age 74.

There is, though, one other curious record I have found. At Delong’s Reformed Church, Henry Mertz and Anna Eliz. Reichart were sponsors at the 22 Oct 1780 baptism of Henry Emmerich, son of Ludwig and Rosina.

I don’t know who this Henry was but it’s possible I think it was this Henry and his future wife.

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Sources 1. Church Records: “Mertz Church,” Rockland Twp, Berks Co, PA, Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths, Repository: Summary Printout from Church Archives, Heinrich Merz s/o Johan Heinrich & Ana Maria b. 29 Jul 1749 bp. 1 Jan 1750. 2. 1790 Census, (HOH, Place, M > 15, M < 16, F), Henry Marts, Allen Twp, Northampton Co, PA, 1,2,3. 3. 1800 Census, (HOH, Place, 0-9 M/F, 10-15 M/F, 16-25 M/F, 26-44 M/F, 45+ M/F), Henry Mertz, Allen Twp, Northampton Co, PA, 1/0, 0/0, 0/0, 0/0, 1/1. 4. 1810 Census, (HOH, Place, 0-9 M/F, 10-15 M/F, 16-25 M/F, 26-44 M/F, 45+ M/F), Henry Mertz, Allen Twp, Northampton Co, PA, 0/0, 0/0, 0/0, 0/0, 1/1. 5. 1820 Census, (HOH, Place, 0-9 M/F, 10-15 M/F, 16-18 M, 16-25 M/F, 26-44 M/F, 45+ M/F), Henry Martz, Allen Twp, Northampton Co, PA, 1/0, 1/0, 0/0, 1, 0/0, 1/1.

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Name: Daniel Mertz (H4a)1,2,3 ————————————————————————— Birth: 11 Apr 1784 Birth Memo: (church baptism) Death: 10 Sep 1858 Death Memo: (1944 SAR application of Charles Francis Mertz) Burial: Linden St Cemeterey, Allentown, PA Father: Heinrich Mertz (H4) (1749-~1825) Mother: Elisabeth (1752-1826)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation Daniel was baptized at Kreidersville Stone Church, Northampton County by his parents Henry and Elisabeth. He is designated H4a.

In 1829, Daniel Mertz was one of four persons who signed releases on the estate of his father, Henry.

Daniel was named on the 1944 SAR application of Charles Francis Mertz and his birth date was given there: 11 Apr 1784. I don’t know what evidence they had for that date. And, as it was the father of Daniel’s wife who was the Patriot, I don’t know if the SAR applicant knew the name of Daniel’s parents. But it is the same exact birth date I found for Daniel in those Zion Stone Church records that named Henry and Elisabeth as his parents.

Relocated and Census Tracking There was a Daniel Martz in Northampton Township, Lehigh County, age 40-49 in 1830 and then one in Allentown in 1840 age 50-59, both of whom could well be this Daniel. Geographically, neither place is very far from Allen Township where Daniel grew up.

And I found Daniel still in Allentown in 1850. He was indexed as David but on inspection it is Daniel age 63 living with his daughter Mariah and his married daughter Ann Eliza Wagner and her husband and child.


Death and Find-a-Grave There is a Daniel Mertz buried at Linden Street Cemetery in Allentown. A photo of his tombstone is there too. Daniel’s date of death is given as 20 Sep 1830 but a note says, as is the case, that the last digit of the year is not readable so it was 183x. The tombstone says he was 76 years old.

I am sure, though, I have found Daniel in the 1840 and 1850 Census. In addition, the will of Daniel Mertz of Allentown was written 18 Jan 1858 and proved 4 Oct 1858 naming the two daughters he lived with in 1850. I think logical analysis says this is the Daniel born in 1784 and that he died 20 Sep 1858. I can certainly convince myself the 3 in 183x might well instead be a 5. I cannot explain the 76 year age though, he was 74.

Sarah M Mertz, whose tombstone says wife of Daniel, is buried in the same cemetery. Her tombstone is remarkably similar to Daniel’s and as both photos were taken by the same person, I suspect is right next to him.

Her tombstone is transcribed died 3 Jun 1810 and I read her age on her tombstone as 53 years. The SAR application says Sarah was born 10 Dec 1787 and died 3 Jun 1840 (so just shy of 53 years old).

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I am certain this is Sarah McWorter and I can easily convince myself her date of death on her tombstone is indeed 3 Jun 1840.

Known Daughters In his will, Daniel left everything to his two daughters: Maria Louisa and Ann Eliza Wagner. There was no mention of son William H nor the heirs of son Charles. William H contested the will apparently without success.

Known Sons He had a son William H, for sure. William challenged his father’s will since he was not named. In his petition, he stated he was “one of the sons of Daniel”.

I believe Daniel had a son Charles Frederick too.

In 1830, Daniel had five males in his household: two age 10-14 (Charles actually 9 and ?), one age 15-19 (William), one age 20-29 (?) and one age 40-49 (Daniel).

In 1840, Daniel had four males in his household, one age 15-19 (Charles), two age 20-29 (?) and himself age 50-59. William was living on his own in 1840.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Sarah McWhorter ————————————————————————— Birth: 10 Dec 1787 Memo: (1944 SAR application of Charles Francis Mertz) Death: 3 Jun 1840 Memo: (1944 SAR application of Charles Francis Mertz) Father: Thomas McWhorter

Parent-Proof The 1944 SAR application of Charles Francis Mertz credits Sarah’s father, Thomas, as being the Patriot.

Sources 1. 1830 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age Bracket Males/Females), Daniel Martz, Northampton, Lehigh, PA, 10-14M (2), 15-19M, 20-29M, 40-49M, <5F, 5-9F, 15-19F, 40-49F. 2. 1840 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age Bracket Males/Females), Daniel Mertz, Allentown, Lehigh, PA, 15-19M, 20-29M (2), 50-59M, 10-14F, 15-19F, 50-59F. 3. 1850 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), David Mertz, 63, Allentown, Lehigh, PA, Manich 22, and these Wagners: Amandes 30, Analize 29, Richard D 1 also John Bordelmay 14.

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Name: William H Mertz (H4a1)1,2,3,4,5 ————————————————————————— Birth: 18 Sep 1812 Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 12 Feb 1887 Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, PA Father: Daniel Mertz (H4a) (1784-1858) Mother: Sarah McWhorter (1787-1840)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation W H Mertz challenged the will of Daniel Mertz who died in 1858 and in his petition said he was one of the sons of Daniel. I believe he is the William Mertz found in Allentown in 1840 and 1850, elsewhere in Pennsylvania in 1860-1880 and buried in Allentown. He is designated H4a1.

Relocated and Census Tracking William lived in Allentown in 1840 and 1850, then Longswamp Township, Berks County in 1860, Perry County, PA in 1870 and back to Longswamp in 1880.

His daughter Sara lived as a married adult in Perry County and is buried there. So I think that period of time William lived there is explained. But his presence in Longswamp really caught my attention.

There were two boys named Henry Mertz born in Berks County in the 1740’s. One of them was of the Longswamp family, the other, the one I believe was the grandfather of William H, of the Mertz Church family. So why did William H as an adult go to Longswamp to live? Was it just a random event or did he seek out his ancestral home? For now, I believe it had nothing to do with any ancestral roots.


Known Sons From the 1850 Census, there was Charles 9, Henry 8, Theodore 6 and new-born John. Plus his son Daniel 13 was living with Charles Seagreaves.

Daniel disappeared after the 1860 Census and I can find no further evidence of him so he is not designated as I know nothing more about him. William’s other sons are designated and tracked further.

He also had a son Alfred but he was born after 1850 so not tracked further.

————————————————————————— Name: Susan Seagreaves ————————————————————————— Birth: 15 Oct 1815 Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 3 Jan 1890 Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, PA

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Parent-Proof Susan Seagreaves was baptized at the First Reformed Church of Easton 24 Nov 1817 by her parents Henry and Eva. She was born 22 Oct 1815. Henry married Eva Schuk in that church 31 Oct 1802.

Several death certificates of her children confirm her name was Seagreaves.

Easton is not all that close (by 1830 standards) so it is a little curious how Daniel of Allen Township met Susan of Easton and I have considered that Susan Seagreaves of Easton was a different Susan. It is also curious that when William and Susan baptized son Daniel Charles in 1838, they went to a church in Easton to do so. I would have expected that Susan’s parents might have stood as sponsor but the record says the mother (meaning Susan I think) stood as sponsor.

But for now I have no reason to think it was not Susan, wife of William, on that birth record nor is there reason to doubt it was this William and Susan Mertz who went back to Easton to baptize their first (?) child.

The Seagreaves family enters the picture again when, in 1850, Susan’s son Daniel seems not to be living with his parents but instead with Charles and Martha Seagreaves. Charles and Martha are buried in Allentown. He was born in 1798. My first guess was that he was Susan’s father, but the dates seem to preclude that. Was he her brother? If so, his father must have had a wife previous to Eva.

Then I found the will of James Seagreaves who stated his son Charles was excluded by his own choice since Charles was already wealthy (which I had surmised from Charles’ own will) and that James also had a son Henry. So Charles Seagreaves, I believe, was Susan’s uncle.

After Charles’ first wife Martha died, he married the much younger Lydia Weaver 24 Jun 1857 and they had five children when Charles was in his sixties.

Sources 1. 1840 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age Bracket Males/Females), William Mertz, Allentown, Lehigh, PA, <5M (2), 20-29M, 20-29F. 2. 1850 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), William Mertz, 36, Allentown, Lehigh, PA, Susan 34, Charles 9, Henry 8, Theodore 6, Martha 4, Hannah 2, John 0, Thomas Zieller 26. 3. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Wm Mertz, 49, Longswamp, Berks, PA, Susanna 42, Daniel 22, Charles 20, Henry 18, Theodore 17, John 11, Maria 7, Sarah 5, Alfred 3, James Grave 33, Mandas Buck 21. 4. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), William Mertz, 58, Spring, Perry, PA, Susan 55, John 20, Mariah 17, Sallie 14, Alfred 12. 5. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), William Mertz, 65, Longswamp, Berks, PA, Susan 63, Alfred 21.

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Name: Charles M Mertz (H4a1a)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 10 Nov 1839 Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 15 Jan 1895 Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, PA Father: William H Mertz (H4a1) (1812-1887) Mother: Susan Seagreaves (1815-1890)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know Charles as William’s son from his presence in William’s household in 1850 and 1860. He is designated H4a1a.


————————————————————————— Name: Emma Christ ————————————————————————— Birth: 29 Jan 1844 Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 12 Mar 1920 Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, PA

Parent-Proof According to her death certificate, she was the daughter of Charles and Salome (Wind) Christ.

Sources 1. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Charles Mertz, 30, Allentown, Lehigh, PA, Emma 26, George 6, Frank 4, Robert 2, Edward 8 months. 2. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Charles M Mertz, 40, Allentown, Lehigh, PA, Emma 36, George C 16, Frank 14, Robert W 12, Eddie W 10.

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Name: Henry (Harry H S) Mertz (H4a1b)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 26 Dec 1841 Memo: (PA death certificate) Death: 18 Oct 1917 Memo: (PA death certificate) Burial: Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, PA Father: William H Mertz (H4a1) (1812-1887) Mother: Susan Seagreaves (1815-1890)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know Henry as the son of William from his presence in his father’s household in 1850 and 1860. His death certificate confirms he was the son of William and Susan (Leagreaver) Mertz. He is designated H4a1b.


Death and Find-a-Grave He is buried at Union-West End cemetery.

————————————————————————— Name: Margaret (Marguerite) Wilson ————————————————————————— Birth: 7 Sep 1847 Memo: (PA death certificate) Death: 4 Jan 1932 Memo: (PA death certificate) Burial: Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, PA

Parent-Proof Her death certificate says she was the daughter of James and Susan (Meeker) Wilson. It said she was to be buried at Union-West End Cemetery but there does not seem to be any sign of her on find-a-grave.

Sources 1. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Harry Mertz, 28, Allentown, Lehigh, PA, Maggie 22, Susan 1. 2. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Henry S Mertz, 38, Allentown, Lehigh, PA, Margaret E 32.

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Name: Theodore Mertz (H4a1c)1 ————————————————————————— Birth: 28 Sep 1843 Memo: (PA death certificate) Death: 3 Oct 1913 Memo: (PA death certificate) Burial: Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, PA Father: William H Mertz (H4a1) (1812-1887) Mother: Susan Seagreaves (1815-1890)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know Theodore as William’s son by his presence in his father’s household in 1850 and 1860. His death certificate says he was the son of William H and Susan (Seagreaves) Mertz.


Death and Find-a-Grave He and his wife are on find-a-grave at Union-West End Cemetery. It mistakenly identifies Annie as maiden name Bear because apparently her great-granddaughter Gwendolyn married to Ernest Bear shares her tombstone.

————————————————————————— Name: Annie E White ————————————————————————— Birth: 25 Jun 1854 Memo: (PA death certificate) Death: 15 Aug 1933 Memo: (PA death certificate) Burial: Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, PA

Parent-Proof Her death certificate says she was the daughter of George K and Maria (Patterson) White.

Sources 1. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Theodore Mertz, 37, Shamrock, Berks, PA, Annie 24, Martha 2.

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Name: John Mertz (H4a1d)1 ————————————————————————— Birth: 30 Jan 1850 Memo: (PA death certificate) Death: 18 Nov 1922 Memo: (PA death certificate) Burial: Wildwood Cemetery, Williamsport, PA Father: William H Mertz (H4a1) (1812-1887) Mother: Susan Seagreaves (1815-1890)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation John was listed in his father’s household in 1850-1870. His death certificate lists no names of his parents but curiously says he was born in Shamrock Station, Berks County. I had not heard of Shamrock before I began working on this family, it is where his brother Theodore lived in 1880.

But it is curious that the informant on John’s death certificate, W H Mertz, named I would think after John’s father, did not know that name. W(illiam) H was born about 1884 so if he met his grandfather, he wouldn’t have remembered the event. But perhaps he did remember visiting an uncle in Shamrock and thought that was the ancestral home.


Death and Find-a-Grave John and his wife Elizabeth are on find-a-grave. It says on his memorial that he was the son of William and Susan (Seagraves) Mertz.

————————————————————————— Name: Elizabeth Ellen Kauffman ————————————————————————— Birth: 26 Jul 1856 Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 13 Feb 1919 Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Wildwood Cemetery, Williamsport, PA

Parent-Proof The death certificate of Susie May Miller says she was born in Allentown to John and Lizzie (Coffman) Mertz. The death certificate of Ellen E Mertz names her parents as George and Margaret (Huffnagle) Kauffman.

Sources 1. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), John Mertz, 30, Williamsport, Lycoming, PA, Elizabeth 23, Margaret E 1.

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Name: Charles Frederick Mertz (H4a2)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 1821 Memo: (1944 SAR application of Charles Francis Mertz) Death: 1 Apr 1858 Memo: (1944 SAR application of Charles Francis Mertz) Burial: Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, PA Father: Daniel Mertz (H4a) (1784-1858) Mother: Sarah McWhorter (1787-1840)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation I don’t have the smoking gun proof that Charles was the son of Daniel but I found that fact in the 1944 SAR Application of Charles Francis Mertz and there are no discordant notes to make me think it wrong.

I do know from the 1830 and 1840 Census, Daniel had multiple sons. I also know that in 1850, William and Charles were listed on the same Census page and it is proven that Daniel had a son William.

I believe Charles pre-deceased his father, but Charles had heirs, so the one discordant note is that Daniel made no mention of Charles or his heirs in his will. However, he made no mention of son William either. Everything went to Daniel’s two daughters.

Charles is designated H4a2.

Death and Find-a-Grave There is a find-a-grave memorial for Charles F Mertz at Union-West End Cemetery. It had a few errors when I first found it, which I believe I can get corrected.


Discrepancies The find-a-grave memorial for Charles originally said he died in 1853 (a mis-read of the date) and linked Mary Shreck to him as his wife. There was a biography for Mary saying she married Charles about 1849 and had previously been married to Eisenhart and in the 1850 Census, Charles, Mary and her Eisenhart children were listed.

It turns out there were two different Charles Mertz in Allentown in 1850. Mary was married to the other.

Known Sons By 1850, he had a son William age 3 and a son James age 1. James would only have been 11 in 1860 and as he was no longer in Charles’ household, I assume he died young. Charles also had several younger sons but only William is designated.

————————————————————————— Name: Emaline Hess ————————————————————————— Birth: 29 Apr 1822 Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 20 May 1881 Memo: (find-a-grave)

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Burial: Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, PA Father: John Hess Mother: Mary (1794-1883)

Parent-Proof Her mother must have been Mary Hess as she was listed in Emaline’s household in 1860 and 1880. A Mary Hess is buried in the same cemetery as Charles and Emaline, her age seems right, so I believe that is Emaline’s mother. It says on her find-a-grave memorial that she was the wife of John.

Sources 1. 1850 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Charles Mertz, 32, farmer, Allentown, Lehigh, PA, Emalina 2, William 3, James 1. 2. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Emmalina Mertz, 35, widowed seamstress, Allentown Ward 2, Lehigh, PA, William 13, Mary 9, Edwin 7, Elisa 5, Francis 3, also Mary Hess 64.

Name: William Mertz (H4a2a)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 24 Mar 1848 Memo: (PA death certificate and find-a-grave) Death: 22 Sep 1923 Memo: (PA death certificate and find-a-grave) Burial: Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, PA Father: Charles Frederick Mertz (H4a2) (1821-1858) Mother: Emaline Hess (1822-1881)

Sources 1. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Wm Mertz, 23, Allentown Ward 2, Lehigh, PA, w/ Emmeline Mertz 49, Mary 18, Edgar 17, Lizzie 15, Francis 13. 2. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), William Mertz, 30, Allentown, Lehigh, PA, w/ Emmeline Mertz 58, Mary 25, Lissie 23 and Mary Hess 84.

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Name: John Mertz (H4b)1,2,3,4,5,6,7 ————————————————————————— Birth: 29 Sep 1784 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 28 Jun 1870 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Friedensville Cemetery, Lehigh Co, PA Father: Heinrich Mertz (H4) (1749-~1825) Mother: Elisabeth (1752-1826)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation I have a note in my files that John Mertz was baptized by Heinrich and Anna Elisabeth at Zion Stone Church (Reformed). My note gives a birth date of 24 Mar 1785 and a baptism date of 17 Apr 1785. I have no idea where I think I found this “fact”. I have since looked in every possible place where it could have been and cannot find it. There were several baptisms at that church on that day, though I think they were on the Lutheran side, John was not among them.

Nonetheless, in the 1810 Census and continuing through 1870, a John Mertz was listed in Allen Township and his age, as given consistently in Census, suggests a 1785 or so birth. From his age and his co-location with Henry in Allen Township, I believe he was Henry’s son. He is designated H4b.

Relocated and Census Tracking 1810. It makes sense that the John Mertz living in Allen Township age 16-25, a neighbor of Henry, was Henry’s son John.

He was continuously there through 1850 and then from his exact age, I believe in Lower Saucon Township in 1860 and 1870.

I believe after his son John died in 1846, some of the younger John’s children came to live with John, the father.


Death and Find-a-Grave John and his wife are buried at Friedensville in Lehigh County but it is just across the county line from Lower Saucon Township, Northampton County where they lived.

Known Sons From their geographic proximity to the elders of this family, from their association with Tilghman Mertz born 1844 or with his parents or from their presence in John Sr.’s household in the 1850 Census, there may be up to six sons of John Sr.’s to track:

H4b1 John born 1812 H4b2 Aaron 1813 H4b3 Charles 1818 H4b4 Henry 1821 H4b5 Benjamin F born 1825 H4b6 Owen 1830

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————————————————————————— Birth: 17 Dec 1792 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 4 Apr 1871 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Friedensville Cemetery, Lehigh Co, PA

Parent-Proof In 1820, John Mertz and Catherine sponsored the baptism of Sarah Anna daughter of Nicholas Music and Catherine at Kreidersville Stone Church.

Sources 1. 1810 Census, (HOH, Place, 0-9 M/F, 10-15 M/F, 16-25 M/F, 26-44 M/F, 45+ M/F), John Mertz, Allen Twp, Northampton Co, PA, 0/2, 0/0, 1/1, 0/0, 0/0. 2. 1820 Census, (HOH, Place, 0-9 M/F, 10-15 M/F, 16-18 M, 16-25 M/F, 26-44 M/F, 45+ M/F), John Martz, Allen Twp, Northampton Co, PA, 1/1, 1/1, 1/0, 1, 1/1, 0/0. 3. 1830 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age Bracket Males/Females), John Martz, Allen Twp, Northampton Co, PA, 5-9M, 10-14M, 15-19M, 40-49M, <5F (2), 5-9F, 10-14F, 15-19F, 30-39F. 4. 1840 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age Bracket Males/Females), John Mery, Allen Twp, Northampton Co, PA, 10-14M, 15-19M (2), 50-59M, <5F, 10-14F (2), 15-19F, 50-59F. 5. 1850 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), John Mery 66, Allen, Northampton, PA, Cate 57, Owen 20, Sus 12, Tilghman 6, Aaron 27. 6. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), John Mertz, 75, Lower Saucon, Northampton, PA, Catharine 68, Tilghman 16, Jane 9, Susanna 22. 7. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), John Mertz, 85, Lower Saucon, Northampton, PA, Catherine 77.

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Name: John Mertz (H4b1)1 ————————————————————————— Birth: 29 Dec 1812 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 9 May 1846 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: St Johns, Howertown, Northampton Co, PA Father: John Mertz (H4b) (1785-1875) Mother: Catherine

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation Four Mertz deaths are reported in the records of St Johns Church at Howerters and listed on find-a-grave: John Mertz 1812-1846, Sarah 1816-1884, Tilghman 1844-1863 and Amanda 1844-1881.

Tilghman’s tombstone says he was the son of Johannes and Sarah. Tilghman was born in 1844, his father died in 1846, his widowed mother must be the Sarah living where John previously lived, but with only two young daughters, no sons. So where is Tilghman? He must be the Tilghman, age 6, living with an older John of Allen Township and the Tilghman age 16 in the same John’s household in 1870.

So Tilghman, I think, ties everything together. My conclusion is that the older John was Tilghman’s grandfather. So, I believe, that the older John and Catherine had a son John (1812) whose wife was Sarah and they had Tilghman (1844).

The younger John is designated H4b1.

As to Amanda, she was the wife of Joseph Mertz and a strong clue, I think, that Joseph too was another son of John’s.

Relocated and Census Tracking John Merz was present in Allen Township in 1840, age 20-29. John was not present in 1850, but Sallie Mery was, age 34, living with Peggy 8 and Cath 4. It must be John’s widow. From the way things were reported, Sallie was listed as head of household as was the older john, but they shared the same house apparently.


Death and Find-a-Grave John is on find-a-grave, as is his wife Sarah..

Known Daughters One daughter was Catharine who married Stephen Laubach. She is known from the 1850 Census living with her mother and then in later decades her mother lived with her.

Known Sons All logic and his tombstone, says that Tilghman Mertz 20 Mar 1844-25 Jan 1863 was the son of John and Sarah. He’s on find-a-grave in the same cemetery as his parents. In 1860, he lived in Lower Saucon, Northampton County with John age 75 and Catherine 68 — obviously, it seems to me, his grandparents. Tilghman is not designated, he never lived on his own in Census, I don’t think he ever married.

H4b1a Joseph born 1838. There is also a Harvey S Mertz buried in this same cemetery whose father, known from Census, was Joseph born about 1838. And Amanda Mertz is in

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the same cemetery; it says on her tombstone, wife of Joseph. I think this is the Joseph of the right age living in Allen Township in 1860-1880 so I am guessing Joseph was another son of John and Sarah.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Sarah Dewees2,3,4,5 ————————————————————————— Birth: 20 Sep 1816 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 7 Sep 1884 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: St Johns, Howertown, Northampton Co, PA

Parent-Proof Her maiden name, Dewees, is given on her tombstone. This is confirmed by the death certificate of her daughter Catherine Laubach (1846-1914).

Sources 1. 1840 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age Bracket Males/Females), John Merz, Allen Twp, Northampton Co, PA, <5M (2), 5-9M, 20-29M, <5F, 20-29F. 2. 1850 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Sally Mery, 34, Allen, Northampton, PA, Peggy 8, Cath 4. 3. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Sarah Mertz, 47, Allen, Northampton, PA, Rebecca 19, Maria Hess 18. 4. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Sarah Mertz, 54, Allen, Northampton, PA, Elizabeth 12 lived with Catherine Laubach age 26 and her family. 5. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Sarah Mertz, 63, Allen, Northampton, PA, lived with her daughter Catharine Laubach, 34 and family.

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Name: Joseph Mertz (H4b1a)1,2,3,4 ————————————————————————— Birth: 1838 Birth Memo: (age 12 in 1850 Census) Death: 1904 Death Memo: (find-a-grave, 1838-1904) Burial: Allen Union Cemetery, Northampton, PA Father: John Mertz (H4b1) (1812-1846) Mother: Sarah Dewees (1816-1884)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation I know Joseph from Census and that he had a son Harvey S and a wife Amanda. Amanda and Harvey are buried in the same cemetery where John and Sarah (Dewees) Mertz and their son Tilghman is buried so I have guessed that Joseph was John’s son. He is designated H4b1a.

Relocated and Census Tracking Joseph lived with random people, at age 11, in 1850, in Whitehall Township. Then in 1860, he had found his way to Allen Township (the home turf of the H4 family) though still lived with random people.

I think the fact that he did not live with any parents as a teenager supports the idea that his father must have died young and is consistent with my placement of him as the son of John who died in 1846.


Death and Find-a-Grave Joseph is on find-a-grave. I should say, a Joseph is on find-a-grave in about the right place and with birth year matching what I know about this Joseph. His wife Amanda is in a different cemetery, the same cemetery as Joseph’s parents,

Joseph married again after Amanda died, I don’t know if that has anything to do with why he was buried in a different place.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Amanda E Fenstermacher ————————————————————————— Birth: 10 Apr 1844 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 16 Feb 1881 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: St Johns, Howertown, Northampton Co, PA

Parent-Proof The death certificate of Joseph Garfield Mertz says he was the son of Joseph Mertz and Amanda E Fenstermacher.

Sources 1. 1850 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Joseph Mortz, 11, South Whitehall, Lehigh, PA, with four other people all under age 25.

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2. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Joseph Mertz, 23, Allen, Northampton, PA, with Thaddeus Levan household. 3. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Joseph Mertz, 32, Allen, Northampton, PA, Amanda 27, John 8, Sarah 6. 4. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Joseph Mertz, 42, Allen, Northampton, PA, Amanda 36, John 17, Sarah 16, Harvey 2.

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Name: Henry Mertz (H4b2)1,2,3,4 ————————————————————————— Birth: 18 Dec 1818 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 15 Jan 1884 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Fairview Cemetery, West Catasaqua, Lehigh Co, PA Father: John Mertz (H4b) (1785-1875) Mother: Catherine

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation There was a Hy Mery in the 1850 Census in East Allen Township who in later Census was Henry Mertz. He was born in 1818. Only because he first appeared in Census in Allen Township and was of the right age, I have guessed that he was the son of John. If not John, then possibly he was the son of one of John’s brothers. As John’s son, he is designated H4b2.

Relocated and Census Tracking This is the family of Henry Mertz and Christiana (Knolf or similar) and there are 4-5 death certificates for their children Joseph, James, Franklin, Preston and Jane. In 1860 they moved to Catasauqua, Lehigh County.


Death and Find-a-Grave Henry and his wife Christiana are on find-a-grave.

Known Sons In the 1850 Census, there was Joseph born 1848 and James new born.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Christiana Knopf ————————————————————————— Birth: 28 Mar 1821 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 1 Feb 1904 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Fairview Cemetery, West Catasaqua, Lehigh Co, PA

Sources 1. 1850 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Hy Mery 29, East Allen, Northampton, PA, Christa 27, My 4, Joseph 2, Jas new born. 2. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Henry Mertz, 34, Catasauqua, Lehigh, PA, Christian 32, Mary 14, Joseph 12, James 10, Srah 8, Elennora 6, Franklin 5, Maude 3. 3. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Henry Mertz, 51, Catasauqua, Lehigh, PA, Christianne 47, Joseph 23, James 20, Elenora 18, Frank 13, Amanda 12, Preston 10, John 8. 4. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Henry Mertz, 61, Catasaqua, Lehigh, PA, Christiana 59, Frank 23, Preston 19, John 17.

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Name: Joseph Mertz (H4b2a) ————————————————————————— Birth: 18 Nov 1848 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 24 Nov 1928 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Fairview Cemetery, West Catasaqua, Lehigh Co, PA Father: Henry Mertz (H4b2) (1818-1884) Mother: Christiana Knopf (1821-1904)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know Joseph as the son of Henry since he lived with Henry in 1850-1870. He is designated H4c2a.


Relocated and Census Tracking I cannot find him in 1880. In 1900, he lived with his sister.

Death and Find-a-Grave Joseph is on find-a-grave. A son Chester is linked to him there.

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Name: James W Mertz (H4b2b)1 ————————————————————————— Birth: 30 Oct 1850 Birth Memo: (PA death certificate) Death: 24 Oct 1925 Death Memo: (PA death certificate) Burial: Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, PA Father: Henry Mertz (H4b2) (1818-1884) Mother: Christiana Knopf (1821-1904)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation His death certificate says he was the son of Henry N and Christina (Wolf) Mertz. I think Wolf is wrong, it was more like Knolf. He is designated H4c2b.


Death and Find-a-Grave James W is on find-a-grave. His memorial only says 1851-1925.

Sources 1. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), James Mertz, 29, Catasauqua, Lehigh, PA, Louisa 26, Lilly 5, Rosa 3, Charles 10m.

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Name: Charles Mertz (H4b3)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 23 May 1819 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 13 May 1861 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Rittersville Cemetery, Allentown, PA Father: John Mertz (H4b) (1785-1875) Mother: Catherine

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation I am aware of Charles Mertz from his memorial on find-a-grave. He is buried in the Rittersville Cemetery, said to be in Allentown but from the map sort of between Allentown and Bethlehem and south of Catasauqua and Hanover. Also buried there is his wife Eliza and his son Tilghman.

This is no doubt the Charles Mertz living in Hanover Township in the 1850-1870 Census with wife Eliza and son Tilghman, all three with ages matching more or less their calculated age from their tombstones. The history of Hanover Township is that it was formed from the southern portion of Allen Township and then once formed (in 1795) was split into its Lehigh County part and its Northampton County part when Lehigh was created in 1812. It was served by the Catasauqua post office per the 1870 Census.

The question that I have to answer is who was Charles’ father? I have gone with John since Charles’ age is right, his geographic location is right and John had another grandson named Tilghman. Charles is designated H4b3.

Relocated and Census Tracking Charles and then his widow was consistently reported in Census in Hanover, Lehigh County.


Death and Find-a-Grave Charles and Eliza are on find-a-grave.

Known Daughters The death certificate of Mary J Dannecker, 3 Aug 1853 - 25 Jul 1935, who died in Allentown, names her parents as Charles Mertz and Eliza Senbach. She was obviously Mary age 6 in the 1860 Census.

Known Sons The death certificate of Tilghman H Mertz, 23 Feb 1857 - 7 Jun 1910, who died in Hanover, Lehigh County names his parents as Charles Mertz and Eliza Osenbach.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Eliza Osenbach3,4,5 ————————————————————————— Birth: 18 Sep 1822 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave, no date of death) Burial: Rittersville Cemetery, Allentown, PA

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1. 1850 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Charles Mertz, 32, Hanover, Lehigh, PA, Eliza 27. 2. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Chas Mertz, 41, Hanover, Lehigh, PA, Eliza 38, Mary 6, Alfred 5, Tilghman 3, Oliver 2, Emma new born. 3. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Eliza Mertz, 47, Hanover, Lehigh, PA, Mary A 17, Alfred 15, Tilghman 13, Oliver 12. 4. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Eliza Mertz 46, Hanover, Lehigh, PA, -- where’s Tilghman? 5. 1900 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Born (mmm yr), # yr Married, Female # Children/# Living, Birthplace, Additional Persons, Marital Status), Eliza Mertz, 77, Hanover, Lehigh, PA, Tilghman 41.

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Name: Aaron Mertz (H4b4)1,2,3 ————————————————————————— Birth: 1823 Birth Memo: (age 27 in 1850, find-a-grave) Death: 18 Oct 1902 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Allentown, PA Father: John Mertz (H4b) (1785-1875) Mother: Catherine

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation I believe that Aaron was the son of John since he lived with him in 1850. He was listed last in the household after others, some (or all of whom) were John’s grandchildren so there is room for some ambiguity. But none of John’s sons were old enough to have had Aaron in 1823. He is designated H4b4.


Death and Find-a-Grave Aaron and his second wife Mary are on find-a-grave.

Sources 1. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Aron Mertz, 32, Lower Saucon, Northampton, PA, Margaret 28, Amends B 9, John E 6, Elmira 3, Emma M 9m. 2. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Aron Mertz, 47, Lower Saucon, Northampton, PA, Mary 39, Elemina 13, Sarah 9, Harriett 6, Minnie 3, John 16. 3. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Aaron Mertz, 56, Seidersville, Northampton, PA, Mary 48, Emma 21, Minnie 12, Robert 6.

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Name: Benjamin F Mertz (H4b5)1 ————————————————————————— Birth: 15 Aug 1825 Death: 4 Dec 1868 Burial: Friedensville Cemetery, Lehigh Co, PA Father: John Mertz (H4b) (1784-1870) Mother: Catherine (1792-1871)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation I found this Benjamin Mertz on find-a-grave buried in Friedensville. There are three older Mertzes also buried there: John born 1784, his wife Catherine born 1792 and Susanna born 1804. I don’t know who Susanna is or even whether Mertz is her married name or if she died unmarried. I do know John and Catherine.

I believe Benjamin is also in Census, only in 1860, living with wife Sarah in Salisbury, Lehigh County. Interestingly, the local Census taker that year wrote down a county name in the birth place field, rather than just the state as was typical. Benjamin was born in Northampton County.

The question is who was Benjamin, who was his father? The fact of his presence in Salisbury Township suggests that he might be the family of George Heinrich Mertz (H6). In that case, though, I think he might have answered that he had been born in Lehigh County.

On the other hand, the fact of his burial in the same cemetery as John suggests the possibility that John was Benjamin’s father. That is my guess and I am designating him as H4b5.

I have looked for Benjamin’s remnant family in 1870 but there are too many Sarah Mertz then and in 1880 and the names of the children are never 100% consistent, so I am not sure where she was.


Sources 1. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Benjamin Mertz, 35, Salisbury, Lehigh, PA, Sarah 38, Mary Ann 6, William 3.

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Name: Owen Mertz (H4b6)1 ————————————————————————— Birth: 1830 Birth Memo: (age 20 in 1850 Census) Father: John Mertz (H4b) (1785-1875) Mother: Catherine

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation Owen Mertz, age 20, lived with John in 1850. It’s a little hard to tell which of the children with John were his own or were his deceased son’s. I am assuming Owen was the son of John Sr. He is designated H4b6.


Relocated and Census Tracking I can find Owen on his own only in 1860 and then he disappears.

Death and Find-a-Grave I cannot find Owen on find-a-grave.

Sources 1. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Owen Mertz, 33, Catasauqua, Lehigh, PA, unnamed wife (Mrs.) 26, with random people some named Eshbach at a hotel.

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Name: Jacob Mertz (H4c)1,2,3 ————————————————————————— Birth: 1800 Birth Memo: (age 80 in 1880) Father: Unidentified Mertz

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation I found this Jacob Mertz when I was looking for Susanna (Mertz) Raub buried at the same cemetery as Rev John Allen Mertz in Bucks County and her death certificate says her parents were Jacob and Susanna (Harris) Mertz, she was born 1832 in Saucon Township.

Jacob said in 1860-1880 that he was born in Pennsylvania and in 1880 that both his parents had been as well. The problem is: who were they?

The only other thing I really know about Jacob is where he lived, Lower Saucon Township. And one thing i have observed in all the work I have done on the Mærtz Hierarchical Project is that there was very little “mixing of the blood”. With very few exceptions, if several Mertzes lived in the same town or township, they were fairly closely related. Either brothers came to that place together or a man came with several of his sons and then everyone else there in later years are descendants of that original settler or those brothers.

And so, up until 1860, there were no Mertzes in Lower Saucon and then in 1860 we find both John Mertz and Jacob Mertz there. Lower Suacon is not far from Allen Township and so my conclusion (a guess really) is that Jacob was John’s brother and since I believe that John was the son of Heinrich, Jacob possibly was too. He is designated H4c.

Known Daughters Death certificates also provide the names of three other daughters of Jacob’s:

Fietta Burkhard [Fietta Mertz] Birth Date: 5 Jul 1828 Death Date: 5 Mar 1909 Death Place:Bethlehem, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, USA Father Name: Jacob Mertz Mother Name: Susanah Harris

Aranesta Mertz Birth Date: 15 Jul 1837 Death Date: 21 Ma r 1919 Dea th P l a c e : Bethlehem, Northampton, Pennsylvania, USA Father Name: Jacob Mertz Mother Name: Susanna Harris

Annie E Mertz Birth Date: 13 Jan 1843 Death Date: 22 Aug 1918 So Whitehall, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, USA Father Name: Jacob Mertz Mother Name: Susanna Harris

————————————————————————— Spouse: Susanna Harris —————————————————————————

Sources 1. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Jacob Mertz, 42, Lower Saucon, Northampton, PA, Susan 40, Amanda 17. 2. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Jacob Mertz, 76, Lower Saucon, Northampton, PA, Henry 35, Aravesta 35, Eliza 27, Amanda 24, Edwin Hower 4, Ellen Griffin 3, Emma Hanf 2, Freide Spracher 2.

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3. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Jacob Mertz 80, Seidersville, Northampton, PA, Alavista 43, Edwin Hower 14, Ellen Griffin 14, Emma Deulen 12 (3 grandchildren).

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Name: John George Mertz (H5)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 2 Jun 1752 Birth Memo: (age 70 per Jacob Engelbrecht Death Ledger) Death: 22 Feb 1822 Death Memo: (Jacob Engelbrecht Death Ledger) Father: John Henry (Johan Heinrich) Mertz (H) (3 Dec 1709-1788) Mother: Anna Maria Rosemann (~1715-> 5 Nov 1780)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation John George is a known son of John Henry. His baptism was recorded at Mertz Church. He was listed on the Mertz Church monument that honors John Henry and his family, named simply George, and was also named in his father’s will assuming he was the son referred to as J George. He is designated H5.

But I have never been able to figure out what then happened to him. It was only when trying to learn more about the various Martz families of Frederick County, MD that I came to the conclusion that John George, son of John Henry of Berks County, was one and the same as George Martz, progenitor of an important Frederick, Maryland family. He moved there by 1781, when he was first mentioned in a Lutheran Church baptism record there.

Discrepancies There is one transcription that I have seen of his baptism record which listed his name as “Georg Valentine”. Moreover, it totally mis-stated his mother’s name, as if John Henry momentarily had a different wife. His mother was listed in that baptism as Anna Maria Darmstern. But that is not a known name and it seems very likely that was a transcription or pastoral error. John Henry’s one and only wife was Anna Maria Rosemann.

I believe that two separate baptisms were mistakenly scrambled together and that this man’s name was John George and that the name Valentine does not apply.


Relocated and Census Tracking There were at least two distinct (and unrelated) families in Frederick, Maryland by the 1780’s and there was a George in both families. One key distinguishing fact about the two families is that one practiced the Reformed faith (according to Ralph Fraley Martz though the record is a little ambiguous) while the other was absolutely Lutheran.

Thus begins my listing of evidentiary facts as to why I believe John George Mertz, formerly of Berks County, had come to and would live out his life in Frederick County.

1. Most early Germans who came to America in the mid-1700’s were of either the Reformed or the Lutheran religion. In many places, two congregations, one Reformed and one Lutheran, shared a church (but not a minister). For that reason, many people consider them closely related and fail to see the importance of the distinction between them. But it is what makes George Martz, the Lutheran, stand out in Frederick County. He was not related to the other Martz families of that place and time. He was of a different line, a very rare example of two unrelated families ending up in the same exact place in America.

2. Family tradition among descendants of George Martz (the Lutheran) is that their Frederick County progenitor came to America from Germany wth a brother who

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settled in Pennsylvania. Family tradition among descendants of William Martz who moved to Somerset County, PA not too long after the Revolutionary War is that he came from Berks County with a brother who settled in Maryland. William Martz of Somerset County was indeed the brother of John George Mertz. I think William and John George may well have come together from Berks County and then went their separate ways but ended up not too far apart, albeit in different states. I think the family tradition associated with William is the more accurate of the two but both family traditions are portraying the same event.

3. If John George did not come to Frederick County, he otherwise totally disappeared from the record. Yes maybe he died, but if he lived where was he? Now I should add that there was also a George Mertz in Lancaster County, PA in the 1790 Census that I can’t specifically identify but I know of nothing to indicate he was this John George.

4. Ralph Fraley Martz in his book The Martzes of Maryland cites a church record purporting to say that George who died 22 Feb 1822 in Frederick was born 2 June 1752. Since that is the birth date of John George, the proof of my assertions would be self-evident. Unfortunately, like many things RFM said, that statement appears to be totally fictitious. However, there is a church record giving that date of death and saying that George was age 70. That seems to me to be more than coincidence.

5. A man named Nicholas Quirin died in Montgomery County, MD in 1788 and in his will named two daughters named March — Catharine and Mary Ann. I know Catharina as the wife of John Philip Mertz, brother, if I am right in my assertions, of John George. In several Frederick County, Maryland records, George’s wife was named Anna Mary or Anna Maria. I believe Mary Ann March was in fact Anna Maria Martz, wife of George. At Mertz Church, in Berks County, where both the Mertz and Quirin families worshipped, there is clear evidence of Anna Maria Quirin. Nicholas’ reference to her as Mary Ann is the anomaly.

6. But the clincher to all of this is that the earliest mentions of him at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Frederick were to Joh. George Mertz — later it was George Martz — but it started out true to his name as known in Berks County. The birth/baptism of daughters Esther and Christina listed the father as John George Mertz, it was John George who witnessed the baptism of Jacob Tuefs (sp?) and I believe the 21 Sep 1784 record of John George Mertz at that church is his acceptance into its membership.

Turning to the 1790 Census, there was a Geo Martz, a George Martz and a George Mertz in Frederick County. One of the Geo or George Martz was the son of Theobald, recently deceased, of the Reformed religion, I really am not sure who the other Martz was. But the one named George Mertz, I am quite certain, was indeed John George formerly of Berks County. This would be about the last instance where he would be known by the Mertz spelling and soon the spelling of his and his descendants’ names would forever more become Martz, but I know it is him from the headcount.

George Mertz, in the 1790 Census, had 1 male under 16, 1 over and 4 females. From church records and his will, I believe this conforms quite neatly with what is known about the family of George, the Lutheran.

Death and Find-a-Grave George Martz of Frederick County wrote his will 7 May 1816. His wife was Ann Mary. Son George to get the real estate — 120 acres called Witmans Lots bought of Adam Beam 7 Jun 1793 — and George Jr. to pay $500 each to his siblings: Catherine wife of John LeFaver, Ester wife of Michael Shafer, Christiana Everding, Daniel and Rosena. Or he can choose to just take care of Rosena and use the money due her for her support. His will proved 11 May 1822.

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Known Daughters We know the names of his four daughters from his will. Baptisms for three of them were recorded at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Frederick: Ester born 23 Sep 1779, Rosina born 18 Mar 1781 and Christina born 3 Apr 1784. Catherine was the other one.

Known Sons We know the names of his two sons from his will. We know George’s date of birth from his tombstone, Daniel’s baptism was recorded.

H5a George born 1786 H5b Daniel 1792

George and Anna Maria also baptized a son Adam born 18 May 1790, he must have died young.

-------------------------------------------------- Spouse: Anna Maria Quirin -------------------------------------------------- Birth: 1750 Birth Memo: (age 87 per Jacob Engelbrecht Death Ledger) Death: 22 Feb 1822 Death Memo: (Jacob Engelbrecht Death Ledger)

Parent-Proof When George Mertz of Frederick County wrote his will, he named his wife Ann Mary. When this couple baptized several children at Evangelical Lutheran Church in Frederick, her name was consistently Anna Maria.

There are some family trees on Ancestry.com that say she was Mary Ann Query. Often what you find on such trees is pure fiction, but in this case, I think that is right. Annette Burgert has documented the family of Nicholas Quirin of Alsace who came to America in 1752. Descendants of Nicholas were named several times in the records of Mertz Church. It is where the family started out in America. (interestingly, though, they came from the same exact place in Alsace as the “other” Berks County Mertz family who settled in Longswamp Township.)

The will of Nicholas Query of Montgomery County, MD was written 13 Oct 1788 and proved 15 Dec 1788. He mentioned two sons: Daniel and Henry. And he named their five sisters: Mary Ann March, Christine Schindler, Catherine March, Elizabeth Humbert and Susannah Tice.

I know Catherine March, for sure. She was the wife of John Philip Mertz of Berks County, PA. Since in those days, brothers often married sisters, a logical speculation would be that perhaps Mary Ann married one of Philip’s brothers.

I have often observed that when two single people were named together as baptism sponsors, they later married. The records of Mertz Church show several baptisms in the 1770’s at which the sponsors were Heinrich Mertz and Ana Maria Quieren. When William Mertz baptized daughter Catherine in 1777, the sponsors were George Mertz (his brother I believe) and Catherine Hahn (sister presumably of William’s wife, Catherine Hahn). So

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everything would seem perfect if Heinrich married Ana Maria Quieren and George married Catherine Hahn.

But that isn’t what happened. We know that George’s wife was named Anna Maria and I am quit sure Heinrich's wife was named Elizabeth. My theory is that when Heinrich didn’t work out for Anna Maria, she moved down the line of brothers and next up was John George.

So I believe that Mary Ann Query, daughter of Nicholas, married John George Mertz of Berks County and moved with him to Frederick, Maryland. Why Nicholas called her Mary Ann in his will when otherwise she was always Anna Maria (or Ann Mary) I don’t know, but that is a small anomaly I can live with.

Sources 1. 1790 Census, (HOH, Place, M > 15, M < 16, F), George Mertz, Frederick Co, MD, 1, 1, 4. 2. 1800 Census, (HOH, Place, 0-9 M/F, 10-15 M/F, 16-25 M/F, 26-44 M/F, 45+ M/F), George Martz I, Frederick, Frederick Co, MD, 1/1, 0/2, 0/0, 1/0, 0/0. 3. 1820 Census, (HOH, Place, 0-9 M/F, 10-15 M/F, 16-18 M, 16-25 M/F, 26-44 M/F, 45+ M/F), George Martz Jr. (Sr. actually), E D #2, Frederick, Maryland, 0/0, 0/0, 0/0, 0/1, 1/1.

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Name: Major George Martz (H5a)1,2,3,4,5,6 -------------------------------------------------- Birth: 31 Mar 1786 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 23 Feb 1868 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Mt Olivet, Frederick, MD Father: John George Mertz (H5) (1752-) Mother: Anna Maria Quirin (1750-1837)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know Major George Mertz from his father’s will. He was a Major in the War of 1812. He is designated H5a.

Extensive write-ups on George S Martz, grandson of Major George Martz, and John H Martz, great-grandson, are given in the History of Frederick County, Maryland, by Williams and McKinsey published in 1910. Both write-ups attempt to recount how the Martz family came to Frederick County, though, in the write-up on George S, it says his grandfather, Major George, was the early settler of that name while in write-up on John H, it adds another generation and says that George D Martz, father of Major George was the early settler.

Typical of all county histories written around the turn of the last century, I believe they are reasonably accurate on the biographies of living people and the further they delve into the past, the more inaccurate they become. Case in point: About the father of Major George Martz in the write-up on John H, this county history says: “George D Martz was born in Wurttemberg, Germany. When he reached adult age, he and two brothers left Germany where they landed at Philadelphia. He settled near Lancaster and afterward removed to a place near Westminster, in what is now Carroll County, where he was engaged in milling for a short time. Mr. Mertz next removed to the Middletown Valley where he purchased a mill and farm. After cultivating this land for a few years, he bought a farm of 125 acres situate a little northwest of Frederick. George D Mertz married and had four children, the oldest of whom was Major George Martz.”

I think this biography is wrong on some key points.

1. I have no idea why they call him George D. In Frederick County records, he was only ever George, and I believe he was, in fact, John George.

2. It was John George’s father, John Henry Mertz, who was born in Germany. Indeed, his brother, Jost, did also come to America — though they did not travel together. And there was a third brother George who also may have come to America.

3. I know very little about the third immigrant brother, George. I have speculated that maybe he was the George Martz reported in Lancaster County in the 1790 Census but I don’t know that for sure. I do know that George, the possible immigrant, was born in Germany in 1708 ruling out that he was the George who died in 1822 in Frederick County with a known son George.

4. Whether that immigrant George moved into Maryland at some point and may have had something to do with how John George, his nephew, found his way to Frederick, I can’t say — but there is no evidence that things happened that way. So I basically leave George, the possible immigrant, out of the story I tell.

5. I believe the more straightforward story is that John George and his brother William, sometime after the Revolutionary War, left Berks County for points west, William settled in Somerset County, PA, John George in Frederick.

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6. Whether those other references to George being first in Carroll County and then the Middletown Valley are even true, or if so, whether they pertain to this George or some other George, I have no idea.

Now, remember, everything above pertains to the biography of the father of Major George as given in the write-up on John H Martz. A contradictory biography on Major George was given in the write-up on George S. It says: “Major George Martz, an officer in the United States Army in the war of 1812, the grandfather of Lewis J Martz, came to America from Germany when he was quite a young man. He was accompanied by his brother who settled in Pennsylvania. George Martz made his home in Frederick County, MD; he was married to Catherine Reese and among their children was a son named David S.”

I think this biography too is wrong, if only because it is totally contradicted by the write-up on John H Martz.

1. I think Major George Martz was born in Frederick County. His 1786 birth date is known from his tombstone. His baptism went unrecorded but his sister Rosina was born in Frederick in 1781 and his sister Christina in 1784.

2. I think it was Major George’s grandfather who emigrated to America but his father, I believe, may well have been accompanied buy his brother when they left Berks County for points west.

Relocated and Census Tracking George lived his life, I believe, in Frederick County.


Death and Find-a-Grave Major George Martz is on find-a-grave.

Known Daughters In the write-up on John H Martz, the children of Major George Martz are named including daughters: Mary Ann wife of George Zimmerman, Rebecca wife of George Messell, Elizabeth wife of Joseph Angleberger and Catherine wife of Henry Gall.

Known Sons In the write-up on John H Martz, the children of Major George Martz are named including sons:

H5a1 David S born 1815 H5a2 Daniel (manufacturer of coaches in Gettysburg) H5a3 Rev. George J (many years a missionary to India and prominent minster of the Lutheran Church in Lebanon, PA) born 1822

-------------------------------------------------- Spouse: Catherine E Reese -------------------------------------------------- Birth: 8 Mar 1787 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 20 Jan 1858 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Mt Olivet, Frederick, MD

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Parent-Proof She is said to be the daughter of John Reese, a prominent farmer and miller of northwest Frederick County.

Sources 1. 1810 Census, (HOH, Place, 0-9 M/F, 10-15 M/F, 16-25 M/F, 26-44 M/F, 45+ M/F), G Martz, Frederick, MD, 0/0, 0/0, 1/1, 0/0, 0/0. 2. “1820 Census,” HOH, Place, 0-9 M/F, 10-15 M/F, 16-25 M/F, 18-25 M, 26-44 M/F, 45+ M/F, George Martz, Jr., Election Dist 2, Frederick Co, MD, 2/3, 0/0, 0/0, 0, 1/1, 0/0. 3. “1830 Census,” HOH, Place, age/gender, George Martz, Dist 2, Frederick Co, MD, 5-9M, 10-14M (2), 40-49M, <5F, 10-14F, 15-19F (2), 40-49F. 4. 1840 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age Bracket Males/Females), George Mantz, Frederick, Frederick, MD, 15-19M, 50-59M, 15-19F, 50-59F. 5. “1850 Census,” age, place, HH members, George Martz, 63, Fredericktown, Frederick, MD, Catherine 63. 6. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), George Mantz, 73, Frederick, Frederick, MD, Johanna 72.

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Name: David S Martz (H5a1)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 1815 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 5 Dec 1869 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Bethel Cemetery, Frederick Co, MD Father: Major George Martz (H5a) (1786-1868) Mother: Catherine E Reese (1787-1858)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation The Frederick County history book says that David S Martz was the father of George S and son of Major George Martz. I have no reason to disagree. He is designated H5a1.

The county history further says he was born in 1813 and died suddenly 5 Dec 1860. Not much biography is given for him other than that he took over his father’s farm and was a prosperous farmer.

Relocated and Census Tracking David S lived his life in Frederick County.


Death and Find-a-Grave David is on find-a-grave. Twice. No tombstone photo on either memorial.

There is a memorial for David Schaeffer Martz (15 Feb 1814-15 Dec 1860) at Mt Olivet Cemetery. It is dated 2015 and he is linked to his parents, wife and children.

The other is David S Martz (1815-5 Dec 1869) at Bethel Cemetery. It is dated 2006 and he is not linked to any relatives.

I found a county history which says he was born in 1813 and died on either 5 Dec 1860 or 15 Dec 1860. And there is a birth record for him on the LDS file: Maryland Church Records 1668-1995. It gives the 15 Feb 1814 date but it is not clear if that is a birth or baptism date.

Known Daughters In the county history book, his daughters are named: Marietta E wife of Uriah Yachter, Caroline C wife of Isaac Hock, Annie V wife of Randolph Whitmore and Julia A wife of Daniel Stull.

Known Sons In the county history book, his sons were named: Lewis J, Wilson N, David H of Woodsboro, Albert T of New Market, George S and Charles C. Only two were born before 1850 and thus the only two I track further:

H5a1a Lewis J born 1836 H5a1b Wilson N born 1838

————————————————————————— Spouse: Harriett Wachter3,4 —————————————————————————

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Sources 1. “1850 Census,” age, place, HH members, Daniel S Martz, 37, Frederick, Frederick, MD, Harriet 30, Lewis 14, Wilson 12, Marietta 10, Clara Ann 4, Julia A C 1. 2. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), David Mantz 47, Frederick, Frederick, MD, Harriett 38, Lewis 24, Wilson 22, Massaret 20, Caroline 18, Clara 14, Julia 11, Howard 9, Albert 7, Samuel 5, Clayton 2. 3. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Harriett S Martz, 49, Frederick, Frederick, MD, Julia C 21, David H 19, Geo Samuel 14, Charles C 11. 4. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Harriett Martz, 58, Frederick, Frederick, MD, Albert J 26, Charles C 21, Mary E 23.

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Name: Lewis J Martz (H5a1a)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: Apr 1836 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: Oct 1905 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Mt Olivet, Frederick, MD Father: David S Martz (H5a1) (1815-1869) Mother: Harriett Wachter

-------------------------------------------------- Spouse: Margaret C -------------------------------------------------- Birth: 26 Dec 1844 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 3 Sep 1922 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Mt Olivet, Frederick, MD

Sources 1. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Lewis J Martz, 34, Frederick, Frederick, MD, Margaret C 25, Fanny E 8, William H 6, Samuel B 4, Ida Rebecca 2. 2. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Lewis Martz, 43, Frederick, Frederick, MD, Margret C 35, Fanny E 17, Phebe A Measle 15, Fanny A Measle 12, Rosa E Measel 8, Virga M Measle 5, Mamie A Measle 2.

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Name: Wilson N Martz (H5a1b)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 1837 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 1927 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Mt Olivet, Frederick, MD Father: David S Martz (H5a1) (1815-1869) Mother: Harriett Wachter

Known Sons Wilson had a son Harvey D who was in turn the father of Ralph Fraley Martz.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Phoebe A C Whitmore ————————————————————————— Birth: 1840 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Marriage: 1863 Marr Memo: (Frederick County Genealogical Index) Death: 1922 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Mt Olivet, Frederick, MD

Sources 1. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Wilson N Martz, 32, Frederick, Frederick, MD, Phebe A C 29, Randolph N 5, Charles W 1, Marietta Whitmore 12. 2. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Wilson N Martz, 41, Frederick, Frederick, MD, Pheaby A C 39, Randolph N 15, Charles W 11, Jennie T 8, John H 5, Harvey T 3.

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Name: Daniel Solomon Martz (H5a2)1 ————————————————————————— Birth: 6 Aug 1818 Memo: (baptized 17 Sep 1818, record gives date of birth) Death: bef 23 Nov 1858 Memo: (estate administration) Father: Major George Martz (H5a) (1786-1868) Mother: Catherine E Reese (1787-1858)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation The Frederick County history book says that Major George had a son Daniel, coach maker at Gettysburg. I found record of his baptism (Solomon Daniel Mertz) on 17 Sep 1818 at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Middletown, MD. That record said he was born 6 Aug 1818 and was the son of George and Catherine Mertz (note the spelling). He is designated H5a2.

George made a faint impression on history. He was listed in only one census that I can find, 1850. And he was named as their father at the baptism of several of his children and on several of their death certificates. He died in 1858.

On his marriage record (he married Elizabeth Heanes (sic) 3 Nov 1842 in Gettysburg), his name was listed as Daniel Solomon Mertz and he was Daniel Sol Martz when he baptized his children.

Relocated and Census Tracking I believe I have found him in the 1850 Census. Remember the county history says he as a coach maker at Gettysburg. So in 1850, I believe the Daniel S Martz, age 32, blacksmith is him. His age is right, his occupation I guess is sort of in the ball park of coach maker (I wish it would just have said that). And while it says he was born in Pennsylvania while I would assume he was actually born in Maryland, the question in census is not totally reliable.

In 1850, it seems that he shared living quarters with the Jacob Deardorf family. I don’t know if there was any connection but I did happen to find that Anna Deardorff in 1870 was said to also be aka Anna Mary Mertz. I’m not sure who she is but I suspect of the Frederick County Martz family.

A frustrating thing is that after Daniel died in 1858, I cannot find his wife and children in 1860 nor his wife and some children in 1870. I think I have found several of his teenage children in 1870 scattered in random other families — George J age 16 with Peter Cownover (sp?) and Louisa age 17 with Jacob Diehl. In 1880, Elizabeth, his wife, was living with their son George J.


Death and Find-a-Grave His estate entered administration in 1858, the widow Elizabeth renounced in favor of Sebastian Sptizel. Daniel is not on find-a-grave. Elizabeth is and a brief obituary is given saying she is survived by four children: Geo J Martz, Daniel F Martz, Mrs. Pierce Plank and Mrs Levi Bushman all of whom lived locally except Daniel who was of Galesburg, IL.

Known Daughters In the 1850 Census, there was a Sarah C age 3 who was born 17 Dec 1846 but then is never to be seen again.

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Daniel and Elisabeth also baptized daughter Louise Elen born 20 Oct 1853. I think her death certificate may be more accurate — she was Lovina Ellen Bushman, daughter of Daniel Martz and Elizabeth Haner, had been born 22 Oct 1852 and died 9 Aug 1933 in Gettysburg.

And there was a daughter Louisa F Plank whose death certificate says she was born 29 Jun 1857 and whose parents were Daniel Martz and Elizabeth Haner. Louisa died in Gettysburg 6 Dec 1912

Known Sons Daniel and Elisabeth had two sons in 1850: John A age 7 and Samuel V age 5. I can find no further evidence of either of those sons after that.

They baptized a son Daniel Solomon in 1853 who had been born 28 Sep 1853. I found him in Galesburg, IL in 1920 with wife Cora B and son George D. In 1900, he also had a daughter Madge and a son Cecil.

And they baptized a son George Jacob in 1855 who had been born 22 Nov 1854. He was listed in the 1880 Census with wife Rebecca and his mother in Cumberland Twp, Adams County, PA. (He said both his parents had been born in Maryland). And his death certificate gave his date of birth as 23 Nov 1854 and date of death as 17 Jul 1927. It also said his wife was Rebecca Bushey.

The fact that he named a son George Jacob — the name of his somewhat famous brother — adds credibility that this is the right Daniel.

Neither of these sons is designated as they were born after 1850.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Elizabeth Haner2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 4 Feb 1822 Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 11 Sep 1904 Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Flohrs Lutheran, Adams Co, PA

Parent-Proof She is linked to her son George Jacob on find-a-grave.

Sources 1. 1850 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Daniel S Martz, 32, Hampton, Adams, PA, Elizabeth 28, John A 7, Samuel 5 5, Sarah C 3, also Jacob Deardorf family. 2. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), George Marty, 25, Cumberland, Adams, PA, Rebecca 19, Elizabeth 57.

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Name: Rev George Jacob Martz (H5a3)1,2,3 ————————————————————————— Birth: 27 Aug 1822 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 4 Feb 1898 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Mt Lebanon, Lebanon, PA Father: Major George Martz (H5a) (1786-1868) Mother: Catherine E Reese (1787-1858)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know George Jacob as the son of Major George from the Frederick County History book. He is designated H5a3.

Rev George is the man who in the 1880’s propagated the story that Wilhelm Mertz had died in Germany with a small fortune and no heirs and they were seeking any possible heirs in America. This story was picked up by several newspapers and the word spread. As a result, many people wrote Rev George to state their ancestry as best they knew it and to try to claim a share of the fortune.

These letters have been quite helpful to me because people in the 1880’s would tell of their parents and perhaps grand-parents and I have been able to place people in their proper families that way. These letters were obtained by Ralph Fraley Martz (from a daughter of Rev George) and published in his book.

As bad as his book is with so many erroneous statements and false conclusions, these letters are surely the best thing RFM ever did.

The question in my mind is whether the whole story was a hoax, perhaps an attempt by Rev George to try to understand the different Mertz families present in America. Maybe he was aware that his grandfather had a brother William and chose the name for that reason hoping to learn of any distant cousins. Perhaps, especially, after he came east to Berks and Dauphin Counties, where other family branches where present, he wondered who they all were and concocted this tall-tale to learn of the different families.

In any event, I am grateful for the whole effort.

Relocated and Census Tracking Rev George was a minister who lived in several places but ended up in Lebanon County.


Death and Find-a-Grave He and his wife are on find-a-grave wth several children linked to them.

Known Sons There is evidence that George and Caroline had a son William prior to 1850 but as he was not listed in their family in 1860, I suspect he died young.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Caroline Nunemacher ————————————————————————— Birth: 28 Aug 1833

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Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 6 Dec 1916 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Mt Lebanon, Lebanon, PA

Sources 1. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), G J Martz, 30, minister, Harrisburg Ward 3, Dauphin, PA, Caroline 26, Wm 2 live with John and Sarah Elmer. 2. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), George J Martz, 47, pastor, Womelsdorf, Berks, PA, Caroline 37, Mary E 9, Caroline E 7, Anna V 4, George E 1. 3. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), George J Martz, 57, clergyman, Lebanon, Lebanon, PA, Carrie 46, Mary E 18, Caroline E 16, Anna V 14, George E 10, Walter C 7.

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Name: Daniel Martz (H5b)1,2,3,4,5 ————————————————————————— Birth: 24 Mar 1793 Birth Memo: (county history) Death: 17 Jan 1865 Death Memo: (county history) Father: John George Mertz (H5) (1752-1822) Mother: Anna Maria Quirin (1750-1837)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know Daniel as the son of George from his baptism at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Frederick. He is designated H5b.

Relocated and Census Tracking Daniel moved to Woodsboro, Frederick County by 1830 and I believe most Martzes of Wodsboro for the next several decades were his descendants.

In 1850, he was said to be 37 years old, but I believe he was more like 57.


Death and Find-a-Grave He and his wife are on find-a-grave wth several children linked to them.

Known Sons Two younger males were reported in Woodsboro in the 1850 Census, I think both were Daniel’s sons.

H5b1 George D born 1825 H5b2 William Henry born 1830

————————————————————————— Spouse: Elizabeth ————————————————————————— Birth: 1801 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 6 Jan 1880 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: St Johns, Woodsboro, MD

Sources 1. “1820 Census,” HOH, Place, 0-9 M/F, 10-15 M/F, 16-25 M/F, 18-25 M, 26-44 M/F, 45+ M/F, Danl Mertz, Election Dist 8, Frederick Co, MD, 0/1, 0/0, 0/1, 0, 1/0, 0/0. 2. “1830 Census,” HOH, Place, age/gender, Daniel Martz, Woodsboro Twp, Frederick Co, MD, <5M, 30-39M, 30-39F. 3. “1840 Census,” HOH, Place, age/gender, Daniel Mertz, Dist 11, Frederick Co, MD, 15-19M (2), 20-29M, 40-49M, 15-19F, 40-49F. 4. “1850 Census,” age, place, HH members, Daniel Mertz, 37, Woodsboro, Frederick, MD, Elizabeth 49, Joanna 8. 5. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Daniel Mantz, 67, Woodsboro, Frederick, MD, Elizabeth 59, Joanna 20.

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Name: George D Mertz (H5b1)1,2,3,4 ————————————————————————— Birth: 28 Jun 1825 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 31 Aug 1907 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Mt Hope, Woodsboro, MD Father: Daniel Martz (H5b) (1793-1865) Mother: Elizabeth (1801-1880)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation It is a guess that George D living in 1850 in Woodsboro, where Daniel H5b lives is Daniel’s son. He is designated H5b1.


Relocated and Census Tracking William H living with George D in 1850 is his brother, I would guess. Wm H is on find-a-grave

Death and Find-a-Grave He’s on find-a-grave, I think it’s him, but he’s not linked to anyone else.

Known Sons He had a son John W, new born, in the 1850 Census but he died in 1852.

Sources 1. “1850 Census,” age, place, HH members, George D Mertz, 25, Woodsboro, Frederick, MD, Mary A 26, John W newborn, William H 20. 2. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), George Mantz, 34, Woodsboro, Frederick, MD, Mary A 37, Jane 6, John Tingling 17, Elizabeth Ott 76. 3. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), George D Mertz, 44, Woodsboro, Frederick, MD, Mary A 47, Jane E 16, Wm H Hancock 14, Delilah Clem 21, George Staub 16. 4. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), George D Martz, 54, Woodsboro, Frederick, MD, Mary A 55.

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Name: William Henry Martz (H5b2)1,2,3 ————————————————————————— Birth: 1830 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 4 Jan 1886 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Mt Hope, Woodsboro, MD Father: Daniel Martz (H5b) (1793-1865) Mother: Elizabeth (1801-1880)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation It’s a guess he was Daniel’s son since, in 1870, Elizabeth, his widow, lives with William. In 1850, he was living with George D who I have also guessed was Daniel’s son. The co-location of all of these people in Woodsboro helps solidify the assumed relationships.


Sources 1. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), William Mantz, 30, Woodsboro, Frederick, MD, Debora 26, Luther L 3, Ann E 2, John Neemmer 15. 2. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Wm Hy Mertz, 39, Woodsboro, Frederick, MD, L Olevia 13, Ann E 11, Deborah 34, Elizth V 3, Elizth 69, Chas M Stout 13. 3. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), William H Martz, 49, Woodsboro, Frederick, MD, Debora 46, Lula O 22, Annie E 19, Elizabeth V K 14.

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Name: George Heinrich Mertz (H6)1,2,3 ————————————————————————— Birth: 5 Sep 1755 Birth Memo: (Mertz Church record, now in agreement with find-a-grave) Death: 23 Jul 1827 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Jerusalem Western Salisbury, Lehigh Co, PA Father: John Henry (Johan Heinrich) Mertz (H) (3 Dec 1709-1788) Mother: Anna Maria Rosemann (~1715-> 5 Nov 1780)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation His baptism was recorded at Mertz Church. I have a transcription which says he was born 12 Jul 1755 but then there was an addenda with corrections and the corrected date was 5 Sep 1755. The actual record says born 5 7bris 1755 baptized 12 7bris 1755. July of course is the seventh month now but the notion regarding his birth is no doubt in the style of the old calendar in which Sep-tember was the 7th month.

He was listed on the Mertz Church monument that honors John Henry and his family and also named in his father’s will.

George Heinrich is designated H6.

Discrepancies A biography of General Henry Mertz (H6a) and his descendants is given in Charles Rhoads Roberts History of Lehigh County published in 1914. It says that the General was the son of George Henry Mertz.

Now I always advise caution about accepting anything stated in these “county histories” — a genre of books popular about 1900. When they discuss contemporary people, or perhaps in this case, well known people, they are generally factual. But the further they delve into someone’s ancestry, the more suspect the information becomes.

Case in point. What it says about George Henry has some errors I believe. It says he was born 1 Sep 1755, that he married Eva B Good and died on 23 Jul 1827. So far, so good! But then also says that he was the son of Peter Mertz who emigrated from Alsace in 1730 and married a Miss Sheridan who had relatives living in Maxatawny Township. NO!

They are talking about my ancestor Hans Peter who did emigrate (with his father) from Alsace in 1733. Many people say he married Johanetta Sheridan but there is no real evidence of that and I consider it basically just rumor, probably myth.

But regardless of the name of Peter’s wife, I totally disagree that George Henry was his son. There is simply no mention of anyone named George Henry in Longswamp Township or at Longswamp Reformed Church where Peter and his family lived and worshipped. On the other hand there is a baptism at Mertz Church of a George Heinrich son of Johann Heinrich Mertz, founder of Mertz Church.

However, since this man moved to Northampton County (the part that later became Lehigh County), it requires some additional “carry-throughs” to connect him back to his Mertz Church roots. I can’t just say that is who it was, I need to find the evidence.

My arguments in support of my assertion are:

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• The birth record for George Henry of Mertz Church, if one understands the reference to 7bris, says he was born 5 Sep 1755. Originally, his find-grave memorial showed 4 Sep 1755 as his birth date, presumably based on his tombstone. A picture of his tombstone is there but it is unreadable to me. And in any event, the date has since been corrected to 5 Sep 1755, no doubt based on my work.

• So whether 1 Sep (county history), 4 Sep (tombstone?) or 5 Sep — clearly every reference is to the same man.

• George Henry was an unusual name for those days. Most German boys were given the first name Johann or John and then a middle name and then went through life being called just by their middle name. For example, Johann George and Johann Heinrich were common names. Those boys would go through life as George or Henry. But this man clearly went through life using both names. That fact alone makes me think it is the same person.

• Other than his baptism, George Henry was never named in either the records of Mertz Church (nor of Longswamp Reformed) but when he baptized his son Heinrich, the sponsors were Peter and Maria Fink. Maria was the daughter of Johann Heinrich Mertz, thus, I believe, George Henry’s sister. Peter Fink is buried at the same Jerusalem Cemetery as George Henry. Probably Maria Fink too.

• There would be no argument about this at all if I could determine with certainty whether George Henry Mertz practiced the Lutheran or Reformed religion. I have seen mention of George Henry at Zion’s Lutheran and also at Jerusalem — the problem with Jerusalem is it was a Union Church meaning it served both a Lutheran and Reformed Congregation. John Henry Mertz and his family were Lutheran, the Mertzes of Longswamp Reformed.

• George H and Eva Martz were named once at Zion Lutheran in Macungie in 1796 as baptism sponsors.


Relocated and Census Tracking George Henry was present in Whitehall Township by 1782 when he baptized his son Heinrich there. He should have been reported there in the 1790 Census but seems to be missing. In 1800-1820, he was there, in 1820 it being specific as South Whitehall.

Known Daughters From Census tick marks, it is clear that George Henry and Eva never had a large family. There was a young female present in his household only in 1800 and perhaps she died young, so I know of no daughters.

Known Sons He definitely had a son H6a Henrich born 1782.

I have a theory that John Martz who is buried in Mahoning County, Ohio may also be the son of George Heinrich as several things connect the two men. It is not proven but it’s the best theory I have and so I have made H6b John his second son.

And there may also have been a third son, Joseph, because Hener and Eva Mertz baptized son Joseph at Mertz Church in 1796. I cannot think who else the parents might have been besides this Henry whose wife was Eva Guth. It seems strange that they went back to Mertz Church for the baptism but they didn’t live all that far away. But I see no trace of Joseph later in life. There

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is a Joseph, who from his tombstone, was born 1793, who I have placed in the Philip Mertz (X) family. It’s possible that is a mistaken identity but if it was Joseph baptized in 1796, that would be a big discrepancy I’d need to rationalize.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Eva Barbara Guth ————————————————————————— Birth: 8 Jan 1749 Birth Memo: (Jerusalem Church death record) Death: 5 Sep 1826 Death Memo: (Jerusalem Church death record) Burial: Jerusalem Western Salisbury, Lehigh Co, PA Father: Lorentz Guth

Parent-Proof According to a footnote to the records of the Egypt Reformed Church, Lorentz Guth arrived Philadelphia 19 Sep 1738. He owned a large tract of land in Whitehall Township and had six children: Juliana Margaret wife of Peter Kohler, Lorentz, Peter, Eva Barbara wife of George Henry Mertz, Margaret wife of Adam Dorney and Adam.

Sources 1. 1800 Census, (HOH, Place, 0-9 M/F, 10-15 M/F, 16-25 M/F, 26-44 M/F, 45+ M/F), George K Mertz, Whitehall Twp, Northampton Co, PA, 0/1, 0/0, 0/0, 1/1, 0/0. 2. 1810 Census, (HOH, Place, 0-9 M/F, 10-15 M/F, 16-25 M/F, 26-44 M/F, 45+ M/F), G Henry Mertz, Whitehall Twp, Northampton Co, PA, 2/0, 1/0, 1/0, 0/0, 1/0. 3. 1820 Census, (HOH, Place, 0-9 M/F, 10-15 M/F, 16-18 M, 16-25 M/F, 26-44 M/F, 45+ M/F), Ge Henry Martz, South Whitehall Twp, Lehigh Co, PA, 0/0, 0/0, 0/0, 0, 0/0, 1/1.

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Name: Heinrich Mertz (H6a)1,2,3,4 ————————————————————————— Birth: 22 Jul 1782 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave says 21 Jul 1782) Death: 11 Mar 1844 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Bethany United Methodist, Lehigh Co, PA Father: George Heinrich Mertz (H6) (1755-1827) Mother: Eva Barbara Guth (1749-1826)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation His birth record is given in the records of Jerusalem Union Church in Lehigh County. He was born 22 Jun 1782, baptized 25 Aug 1782, son of George H and Eva Mertz with Peter and Maria Finck as sponsors. He is designated H6a.

A biography of him is given in Charles Rhoads Roberts’ History of Lehigh County. See my comments on this book in my discussion of Henry’s father. While I am cautious about ever totally accepting things stated in old county histories, in this case, I think because Henry was a prominent person in Lehigh County and direct descendants were still living in about the same place when the county history was written, I think it is generally accurate.

The biography says that Henry was General Henry Mertz, a Brigadier General of the State Militia and that he served in the War of 1812. As I have tracked Henry’s sons and their sons over the next few decades, I am struck by just how many of Henry’s grandsons served in the Civil War and at least one that I know of was killed in action. Their tombstones on find-a-grave tell the story.

Relocated and Census Tracking Because he always lived near his father, who often was listed in Census variously as George H or G Henry, and because both of them were prominent Lehigh Countians of South Whitehall, we know them in Census and they do not confuse the discussion of how the other Henry’s sort themselves out.

In 1830, it was Henry Martz in South Whitehall Township, Lehigh County age 40-50. David and Charles, his sons I believe, both age 20-30, were his neighbors.


Death and Find-a-Grave Henry is on find-a-grave. I have no clue why they call him Heinrich George, there is no basis to think George was his middle name.

Henry wrote his will 28 May 1839, it proved 14 Mar 1844. He was of South Whitehall Township.

Known Daughters Only two daughters seem to have survived, both were mentioned in Henry’s will: Mary wife of William Dorney and Catharina. The Lehigh County biography on Heinrich names Sarah (same as Mary I assume) married to William Dorney and Kate married to Reuben Hauser of Illinois. There was a baptism for Catherine born 1823.

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There was also a baptism for Hanna born 1818, I think she died in 1826. And there was a Julianna Mertz buried at St Paul’s Cemetery, Macungie Township, born 17 Aug 1808 died 29 Aug 1841. Was she maybe a wife of one of Heinrich’s sons?

Known Sons I think it is proven that Henry did not name all his sons in his will. The ones he did name were Henry (his youngest son) and David, William and Edward who were Executors. But I know there was a son Charles not named and so it is possible there were one or two other sons not named.

The biography for Henrich and Hannah lists six sons which I name below with their designation and year born and any biographical facts from the county history:

H6a1 Carl (or Charles) born 1804 H6a2 Rev David (married to Caroline Scholl) born 1806 H6a3 Solomon (of Illinois, married to Lucy Butz) born 1812 H6a4 Elias (married Lydia Roth) born 1815 H6a5 William (married to Sarah Hunsberger) born 1817 H6a6 Edward (of Illinois, twin of William, married to Sarah Seltzer) born 1817

There may have been several others:

1. A Henry Mertz died in the 1840’s. His will was written 15 Jul 1848. He said he was single and unmarried and that he was the son of Henry. He mentioned his brother William. He mainly left money to his church but he also made a bequest “to his niece Mary Ann Harshberger.” The will proved 2 Mar 1849, after being challenged by Charles 4 Feb 1849. Everything makes sense that he was also a son of Heinrich, but who is Mary Ann Harshberger?

2. Jonas Mertz born 1803 is listed as a son of Henry on find-a-grave. I know Jonas. I think he was likely a son of Richard Mertz (Y3) and that’s where I have placed him.

3. Daniel Mertz born 1807 is listed as a son of Henry on find-a-grave. I do not know Daniel. There is a Daniel Mertz who lived as an adult in Pulaski County, Indiana who was born in Pennsylvania about 1807. Is it that Daniel?

The problem with both Jonas and Daniel is that in the 1810 Census, Henry only had two sons age 0-9 and I believe they were Carl/Charles and David S. Moreover, the write-up in the Lehigh County history on General Henry does not mention either one.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Hannah Dorney ————————————————————————— Birth: 25 Aug 1783 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 10 Mar 1844 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Jerusalem Western Salisbury, Lehigh Co, PA

Sources 1. 1810 Census, (HOH, Place, 0-9 M/F, 10-15 M/F, 16-25 M/F, 26-44 M/F, 45+ M/F), Henry Mertz, Whitehall Twp, Northampton Co, PA, 2/0, 1/1, 1/1, 0/0, 0/0.

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2. 1820 Census, (HOH, Place, 0-9 M/F, 10-15 M/F, 16-18 M, 16-25 M/F, 26-44 M/F, 45+ M/F), Henry Martz Jr, South Whitehall Twp, Northampton Co, PA, 4/2, 1/0, 0/1, 0, 1/1, 0/0. 3. 1830 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age Bracket Males/Females), Henry Martz, South Whitehall Twp, Lehigh Co, PA, <5M, 10-14M (2), 15-19M (2), 40-49M, 5-9F, 10-14F, 15-19F, 40-49F. 4. 1840 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age Bracket Males/Females), Henry Mertz, South Whitehall Twp, Lehigh Co, PA, 10-14M, 20-29M, 50-59M, 15-19F, 50-59F.

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Name: Carl/Charles Mertz (H6a1)1,2,3 ————————————————————————— Birth: 3 Mar 1804 Birth Memo: (Jordan Reformed baptism record) Death: Jun 1885 Death Memo: (Martin Mechling book) Father: Heinrich Mertz (1782-1844) Mother: Hannah Dorney (1783-1844)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation The baptism of Carl Mertz 25 Mar 1804, son of Henry and Hannah was recorded at Jordan Church in Whitehall Township. At Jerusalem, Carl and David were confirmed in 1820, Lutheran I think. He is designated H6a1.

Discrepancies But then Carl sort of disappears and along comes Charles — I think they are the same person. The Lehigh County history mentions no son Carl, instead they say there was a Charles. Indeed, Charles’ existence is proven in other ways, while there was no later mention, after his birth and then confirmation, of Carl. My suspicion is that Carl and Charles are one and the same guy. I think, to a German, it was the same name.

In 1844, according to a Lehigh and Carbon County History, when Lehigh County wished to establish a Poor House, it purchased the properties of Charles and Solomon Mertz containing 254 acres. No relationship between the two men was stated but presumably they owned contiguous properties and as this was just after Heinrich had died, I think it is evidence that Carl was now Charles.


Relocated and Census Tracking Charles stayed in South Whitehall.

Known Daughters The Lehigh County history mentions four daughters: Leah married Rev Edmund Butz, Rebecca married Daniel George, Caroline married David Schmoyer and Callie married Milton Bleiler.

Caroline may have remarried as the death certificate of Caroline A Dorney (28 Oct 1842-18 Oct 1909) says she was born in Lehigh County to Charles and Salome Mertz. She was to be buried at Union-West End Cemetery where two of her brothers are.

The death certificate of Leah Butz (12 Dec 1827-23 Mar 1916) says she was born in Lehigh County to Charles and Salome (Steininger) Mertz. She was also to be buried at Union Cemetery.

The death certificate of Rebecca George (27 Sep 1837-2 Dec 1914) says she was born in Lehigh County to Charles and Sarah (Steininger) Mertz. She was to be buried at Highland Cemetery.

Known Sons The Lehigh County history mentions four sons which I name below with their designation and year born and any relevant biographical facts from the county history:

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H6a1a Tilghman (married Eliza Hellfrich) born 1829H6a1b Solomon married to Matilda Steininger born 1833H6a1c Edward (married to Caroline Romich) born 1835 H6a1d Llewellyn born 29 Dec 1828 (but it was actually 1848) had sons Charles and Arthur

————————————————————————— Spouse: Sarah (Salome) Steininger ————————————————————————— Death: 22 Feb 1874 Death Memo: (Lehigh County death records)

Parent-Proof The records of the Bethany Church from maybe around 1880 show Salome Mertz died in Feb 1874 and Tilghman and Eliza were members. Salome apparently was a descendant of Martin Mechling and is covered in a book of he and his descendants giving her maiden name as Steininger.

At Jerusalem, Charles & Sarah were sponsors in 1830.

Sources 1. 1830 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age Bracket Males/Females), Charles Martz, South Whitehall Twp, Lehigh Co, PA, <5M, 15-19M (2), 20-29M, <5F, 5-9F, 10-14F, 20-29F. 2. 1840 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age Bracket Males/Females), Charles Martz, South Whitehall Twp, Lehigh Co, PA, <5M (2), 5-9M, 10-14M, 20-29M, 40-49M, <5F, 10-14F, 15-19F, 30-39F. 3. 1850 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Charls Mortz, 46, South Whitehall, Lehigh, PA, Sarah 43, Tilghman 20, Solomon 17, Edward 14, Rebaca 12, Coroline 7, Cathrin 5, Levand 2. 4. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Charles Mertz, 56, South Whitehall, PA, Sarah 52, Solomon 25, Caroline 17, Cathrine 14, Gevellan 12, John 9, Sarah 5. 5. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Charles Mertz, 66, South Whitehall, PA, Lydia 62, Sarah 15. 6. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Charles Mertz, 77, South Whitehall, PA, lives alone.

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Name: Tilghman Mertz (H6a1a)1,2,3 ————————————————————————— Birth: 22 Sep 1829 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 18 Jan 1899 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Linden St Cemeterey, Allentown, PA Father: Carl/Charles Mertz (H6a1) (1804-1885) Mother: Sarah (Salome) Steininger

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation In the 1850-1880 Census we find multiple Tilghman Mertz.

The “original” was born in 1816 and I think he and most of the others are not related to this Mertz line at all. Another was born early-to-mid-1830’s.

Then there is Tilghman Mertz born 1829 who was consistently reported in Census age 20 in 1850 with his parents Charles and Sarah, age 30 in 1860, 40 in 1870 and 50 in 1880. He’s paired with wife Eliza in Census and wife Eliza Ann Helfrich on find-a-grave.

It was necessary to lay out all these Tilghmans on a spreadsheet to be able to tell one from the other. Plus I added several younger Tilghmans, one born 1844 and some even younger still.

The History of Lehigh County by Charles Rhodes lists Tilghman as a son of Charles and wife Salome who I know was also called Sarah. He is designated H6a1a.


Relocated and Census Tracking We meet him first in 1850, he was age 20 and lived with his parents Charles and Sarah.

In 1860, 1870 and 1880 he was with wife Eliza and in 1870 and 1880 they had children including sons Frank and Milton (and others).

He was always in South Whitehall Township.

Death and Find-a-Grave He’s on find-a-grave with the dates I show for him. He’s paired with wife Eliza Ann Helfrich.

I found a Lehigh County land record whereby Frank P and George H Mertz, Executors of the will of Tilghman Mertz dated 9 Dec 1898 were selling a lot of land in Allentown conveyed to Tilghman by Lewis J Helfrich.

Known Sons I found an Allentown Death Notice dated 27 Aug 1895. Milton C. Mertz, son of Tilghman and Eliza Mertz, aged 27 years, 10 months and 11 days. Burial: Allentown Cemetery.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Eliza Ann Helfrich —————————————————————————

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Birth: 20 Sep 1838 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 8 Dec 1920 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Linden St Cemeterey, Allentown, PA

Find-a-Grave She’s on find-a-grave, the source of the dates I show for her and of her maiden name.

Sources 1. “1860 Census,” age, place, HH members, Tilghman Mertz, 30, South Whitehall, Lehigh, PA, Eliza 24. 2. “1870 Census,” age, place, HH members, Tilghman Mertz, 40, South Whitehall, Lehigh, PA, Eliza 32, Frank 8, George 5, Mary 4, Milton 1, William new born. 3. “1880 Census,” age, place, HH members, Tilghman Mertz, 50, South Whitehall, Lehigh, PA, Eliza 42, Frank 19, Mary 13, Milton 11, Maggie 8.

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Name: Solomon Mertz (H6a1b)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 14 Feb 1833 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 8 Jun 1898 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, PA Father: Carl/Charles Mertz (H6a1) (1804-1885) Mother: Sarah (Salome) Steininger

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know Solomon as the son of Charles from his presence in his father’s household in the 1850 and 1860 Census. He is designated H6a1b.


Death and Find-a-Grave Solomon and Matilda are on find-a-grave.

————————————————————————— Spouse: A Matilda Schmoyer ————————————————————————— Birth: 3 Oct 1840 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave, death certificate says 4 Oct 1840) Death: 25 Jun 1921 Death Memo: (find-a-grave, death certificate says 26 Jun 1921) Burial: Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, PA

Parent-Proof Her death certificate, Anna Matilda Mertz, was the daughter of David Schmoyer and and Anna Matilda Steininger.

Sources 1. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Solomon Mertz, 37, South Whitehall, Lehigh, PA, Matilda 29, Arabella 6, Ida 2, Marietta Fries 17, Milton Bridler 20. 2. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Solomon Martz, 46, Lower Macungie, Lehigh, PA, Mailto 39.

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Name: Edward Mertz (H6a1c)1,2,3 ————————————————————————— Birth: 9 Sep 1835 Birth Memo: (PA death certificate) Death: 10 Nov 1918 Death Memo: (PA death certificate) Father: Carl/Charles Mertz (H6a1) (1804-1885) Mother: Sarah (Salome) Steininger

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know Edward as the son of Charles from his presence in his father’s household in the 1850 Census. He is designated H6a1c.

The Lehigh County history says that Edward W married Carolina Romig and had a daughter Ella married Clement Roeder and Lillie married T J Helfrich.

His death certificate says he was the son of Carl Mertz and Salome Steininger.


Death and Find-a-Grave Edward is not on find-a-grave. His death certificate says he was to be buried at Cedarville.

————————————————————————— Spouse: A Carolina Romig ————————————————————————— Birth: 8 Jul 1837 Birth Memo: (PA death certificate) Death: 21 May 1915 Death Memo: (PA death certificate)

Parent-Proof Her death certificate says she was the daughter of Jacob Romig and Mary Stahl.

Sources 1. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Edward Mertz, 24, South Whitehall, Lehigh, PA, Carolne 23, Ellen 1, Edvin Romig 17, Charles Lattimer 17, George Burger 14. 2. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Edwin Mertz, 34, South Whitehall, Lehigh, PA, Caroline 33, Ellen 11, Lilly 7, Caroline Muth 20, William Miller 18, L Dunnbour 15. 3. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Edward Mertz, 44, South Whitehall, Lehigh, PA, Caroline, 42, Ellen 21, Lilly 17.

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Name: Llewellyn H Mertz (H6a1d)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 29 Dec 1848 Birth Memo: (death certificate) Death: 23 Oct 1934 Death Memo: (death certificate) Burial: Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, PA Father: Carl/Charles Mertz (H6a1) (1804-1885) Mother: Sarah (Salome) Steininger

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know Llewellyn as the son of Charles from his presence in his father’s household in 1850 (he was Levand age 2) and 1860 (he was Gevellan age 12). He is designated H6a1d.

There is also a death certificate for him saying exactly that, his parents were Charles E and Salome (Steininger) Mertz. His death certificate also gives the full maiden name of his wife: Sarah Ellen Kistler.


Death and Find-a-Grave Both Llewellyn and Sarah are on find-a-grave. His name was slightly mis-spelled and more importantly he was linked to the wrong Sarah Ellen as his wife. I got everything straightened out.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Ellen S Kistler ————————————————————————— Birth: 6 Jul 1853 Birth Memo: (death certificate) Death: 17 Jul 1928 Death Memo: (death certificate)

Parent-Proof I first got her maiden name from the death certificate of her son Charles H. It is confirmed by her husband’s and her own death certificate.

Her death certificate gives her name as Ellen Sarah Kistler — so take your pick. And it gives her parents names as Charles Kistler and Elizabeth Moser.

I actually investigated that a little bit and here is what I wrote Linda Bunch who maintains Ellen’s memorial:

“I know that the death certificate for Ellen Sarah says she was the daughter of Elizabeth Moser but the death certificate of her brother Abraham Lincoln says his mother was Elizabeth Peter (or Peters) as does the death certificate of their sister Lizzie K Swengel. Moreover, a biography I found on Llewellyn (and I'm embarrassed to say I did not note where I found it) says his mother-in-law was Elzabeth Peter.

The Peter family was an important Lehigh County family. I tried to google the names Charles Kistler and Elizabeth Moser and got totally confused as the Kistler, Moser and Peter

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families seem to be all tangled up in multiple ways. Just a guess, maybe Elizabeth Peter's mother was Moser.

I tell you all this just FYI. I am not related to this line of Mertzes in any way but if you are, I thought you might want to consider that her name seems more likely to have been Elizabeth Peter.”

As a typical find-a-graver, Linda neither acknowledged my input nor added anymore information to her memorial.

Sources 1. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Sewellyns Mertz, 22, Allentown, Lehigh, PA, lives with Daniel and Rebecca George. 2. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Lleuyllen Mertz, 31, Allentown, Lehigh, PA. Ellen 27, Charles 6, Beulah 4.

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Name: David S Mertz (H6a2)1,2,3,4,5 ————————————————————————— Birth: 23 Jan 1806 Birth Memo: (Church baptism, find-a-grave has 26 Jan 1806) Death: 4 Feb 1892 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, PA Father: Heinrich Mertz (H6a) (1782-1844) Mother: Hannah Dorney (1783-1844)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation His baptism 2 Mar 1806 was recorded at Jordan Church in Whitehall Township. He was born 23 Jan 1806, son of Heinrich and Hanna Mertz. He is designated H6a2.

Relocated and Census Tracking In 1830, two males age 20-29 lived in the David Martz household, none of that age were with Heinrich, David’s father. I think the other adult male was David’s brother Carl.

In 1850, he was a farmer. In 1860, no occupation was given. In 1870, he was missing from Census. In 1880, he was a retired clergyman.

I don’t know if he ever lived away from Lehigh County, but in 1860 he sold a small tract in Franklin Township, Carbon County he had owned for about a year. Later his son Henry W lived there.


Death and Find-a-Grave He and Caroline are on find-a-grave.

Known Daughters A daughter Pheon born 28 Mar 1836 to David and Magdalena Mertz was baptized at Jordan Lutheran.

Clarissa Knauss (1831-1865) is linked to David and Caroline on find-a-grave as their daughter.

Known Sons From the 1850 Census, David had three sons:

H6a2a Henry W 1829, H6a2b David 1839 and H6a2c Franklin 1846.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Caroline Scholl ————————————————————————— Birth: 7 Aug 1808 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 21 Nov 1897 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, PA

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Parent-Proof Her maiden name is given on the death certificates of her son David S and daughter Amanda A.

Children Names Caroline Mertz wrote a very detailed will dated 19 Apr 1887. Her husband was still alive when she wrote the will and yet it seems clear that everything they owned must have been in her name, including she states how to dispose of his clothing when he dies. One of the items in her will said: “the amount coming to me after the decease of my husband out of the funds of the Christiana Aid Society of the Evangelical Association shall be used by my Executors to pay the indebtedness upon any real estate and whatever balance be left I give and bequest unto my children”.

She provides for an income for her husband if he survives her (he didn’t) and names all her children:

Sons: Henry W, David S and Franklin Daughters: Amanda and Sarah Other Daughters: “the children of my daughter Matilda, the children of my daughter Clarissa, the children of my daughter Hannah, deceased. All three were deceased.

Sources 1. 1830 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age Bracket Males/Females), David Martz, South Whitehall Twp, Lehigh Co, PA, <5M, 20-29M (2), <5F, 10-14F, 20-29F. 2. 1840 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age Bracket Males/Females), David Mertz, South Whitehall Twp, Lehigh Co, PA, <5M, 10-14M, 30-39M, 5-9F, 10-14F, 30-39F. 3. 1850 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), David Mortz, 45, South Whitehall, Lehigh, PA, Coroline 41, Henry W 22, David 10, Hannah 9, Amanda 6, Franklin 4, Sarah R 1. 4. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), David Mertz, 54, South Whitehall, Lehigh, PA, Caroline, 51, David S 21, Amanda 16, Franklin C 13, Sarah R 10, Josiah Kerr 20, George Hittle 64. 5. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), David Mertz, 74, Allentown, Lehigh, PA, Caroline 72.

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Name: Henry W Mertz (H6a2a)1,2,3 ————————————————————————— Birth: 2 Mar 1829 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 12 Oct 1918 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Union Hill Cemetery, Weissport, Carbon Co, PA Father: David S Mertz (H6a2) (1806-1892) Mother: Caroline Scholl (1808-1897)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know Henry as the son of David from his presence in his father’s household in the 1850 Census. He is designated H6a2a.

Relocated and Census Tracking It is the other names in his household, such as Dreisbach, as well as his, Eliza and their children that makes it clear that he first lived in Oley Township in 1860 and then moved to Carbon County.

A series of Carbon County land records would seem to indicate that Henry experienced some financial difficulties not too long after moving to Carbon County. In 1871, all his property was sold off to pay his debts and after that several very small tracts of land were sold to his wife Elizabeth, including one repossessed from the couple by the Building and Loan Society and then sold back to just Elizabeth.


Death and Find-a-Grave Henry and his wife Eliza are on find-a-grave. The memorial for him says he was the son of David Mertz and Caroline Scholl.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Elizabeth Dreisbach ————————————————————————— Birth: 26 Feb 1829 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 3 Oct 1912 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Union Hill Cemetery, Weissport, Carbon Co, PA

Parent-Proof Sat Dec 9, 1876 Carbon Advocate. “On Monday a week ago the ld and venerable father Dreisbach, who lives with Henry Mertz” [celebrated his 80th birthday.] Then a 21 May 1881 article indicated Daniel Dreisbach died at the home of his son-in-law Henry Mertz.

Sources 1. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Henry W Mertz, 33, Oley, Berks, PA, Elizibeth 31, Albert D 8, Ellen M 6, Amelia Dreisbach 13, Elizibeth Gresemer 79. 2. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Henry Mertz, 40, Weissport, Carbon, PA, Eliza 34, Ella 17, Albert 19, Emma 7, Charles 3. 3. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Henry Mertz 52, Franklin, Carbon, PA, Eliza 50, Annie 18, Daniel Dreisboch 83.

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Name: David S Mertz (H6a2b)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 5 Apr 1839 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 25 Feb 1917 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, PA Father: David S Mertz (H6a2) (1806-1892) Mother: Caroline Scholl (1808-1897)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know David as David’s son from his presence in his father’s household in 1860 and 1870. And his death certificate says he was the son of David Mertz and Caroline Scholl. He is designated H6a2b.


————————————————————————— Spouse: Sarah E Miller ————————————————————————— Birth: 5 Aug 1844 Birth Memo: (death certificate) Death: 28 Mar 1933 Death Memo: (death certificate) Burial: Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, PA

Parent-Proof Her maiden name is known from the death certificate of her daughter Loretto M Major.

Sources 1. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), David Mertz, 29, Allentown, Lehigh, PA, Sarah 26, Laura 5. 2. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), David Mertz, 41, Allentown, Lehigh, PA, Sarah 35, Lauretta 14, David 7, Elsie 3m.

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Name: Franklin Charles Mertz (H6a2c)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 30 Jun 1846 Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 14 Apr 1904 Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Los Angeles National Cemetery, LA, CA Father: David S Mertz (H6a2) (1806-1892) Mother: Caroline Scholl (1808-1897)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation Franklin C Mertz lived with his parents, David and Caroline, in 1860, age 13. I had some trouble finding him after that but when I saw his mother’s will and that he was still alive in 1887 when she wrote it, I tried harder and have now found him. He is designated H6a2c.

Relocated and Census Tracking In 1880, he was living in Iowa then back in Allentown in 1900.


Death and Find-a-Grave The death certificate of his wife says she died a widow in 1909. He must have died a few years earlier. She is buried at Fairview Cemetery in Allentown with a nice marker but Franklin is just not there apparently.

But there is a Franklin Charles Mertz buried in Los Angeles on find-a-grave with a tombstone showing only the name F C Mertz and that he served in the 47th PA Infantry, no dates, but there are exact birth and death dates on his memorial. I think it is him.

Indeed, a newspaper clipping from the Lehighton Evening Leader of 27 Apr 1904 says: “Frank Mertz, aged 57, a former resident of Franklin is dead at the Soldiers Home in Los Angeles.”

————————————————————————— Spouse: Emma Busch ————————————————————————— Birth: 15 Apr 1850 Weissport, Carbon Co, PA Memo: (PA death certificate) Death: 23 Mar 1909 Memo: (PA death certificate)

Parent-Proof Her death certificate says she was the daughter of John and Eva (Meyers) Busch — both born in France it says.

Children Names Her obituary in the Lehighton Evening Leader dated 25 Mar 1909 listed her surviving children: “Eva, Clara, Hazel, May, Frank, Arthur, Lionel Mertz, all of Allentown; Mrs. Eva Wilson, Olney and Harold Mertz, Denver, Col.”

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Sources 1. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Frank J Merz, 34, Davenport, Scott, Iowa, b. PA, with Emma 29, Eva 9, Emma 7, Clara 5, Frank 2. 2. 1900 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Born (mmm yr), # yr Married, Female # Children/# Living, Birthplace, Additional Persons, Marital Status), Frank C Mertz, 53, Allentown Ward 8, Lehigh, PA, Emma L 50, Eva B 29, Emma L 27, Clara H 25, Franklin C 22, John A 19, Harold E 17, Mary W 15, Lionel B 12, Hazal A 10.

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Name: Solomon Mertz (H6a3)1,2,3,4,5 ————————————————————————— Birth: 12 Jul 1813 Birth Memo: (church baptism record, tombstone says 1812, find-a-grave says 12 Jul

1812) Death: 15 Aug 1890 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Lisle Cemetery, Lisle, IL Father: Heinrich Mertz (H6a) (1782-1844) Mother: Hannah Dorney (1783-1844)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation A biography is given for him on find-a-grave. “Son of Henry George Mertz and Hannah Dorney of Allentown, PA. He had 20 children, 9 with Lucy Butz of Allentown and 11 with Salome Rehm of Durrenentzen, Alsace.”


Death and Find-a-Grave Solomon is on find-a-grave.


Known Daughters He appears to have had two wives and had his oldest daughter Lydia born 1834 and his youngest (perhaps?) Lula in 1876, that’s assuming he didn’t keep having kids into the 1880’s.

Known Sons In the 1850 Census, Solomon’s five sons to that point were:

H6a3a Solomon 1835 H6a3b Franklin 1838 H6a3c William 1841 H6a3d Owens 1844 H6a3e Henry 1845

There were a couple of sons born later, too, but I generally only track those born before 1850.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Lucy Ann Butz ————————————————————————— Birth: 8 May 1816 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 30 Sep 1854 Death Memo: (find-a-grave Burial: Lisle Cemetery, Lisle, IL

Sources 1. “1840 Census,” HOH, Place, age/gender, Solomon Mertz, South Whitehall Twp, Lehigh Co, PA, <5M, 5-9M, 20-29M, 30-39M (2), <5F (2), 10-14F, 15-19F, 30-39F .

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2. “1850 Census,” age, place, HH members, Solomon Mertz, 37, DuPage, DuPage, IL, Lucy A 34, Lydia 16, Solomon 14, M A, 12, Franklin 10, William 8, Louisa 7, Owens 6, Henry 4. 3. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Solomon Mertz, 48, Lisle, DuPage, IL, Sally 23, Frank 21, Wm H 19, Louise 18, Owen 16, Henry 12, George 10, Elden 3, Danl 1, Lena Rheam 16. 4. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Solomon Mertz 64, Lisle, DuPage, IL, Soloma 32, George 12, Daniel 11, Edward 9, Alice 8, Amelia 6, Audelie 3, Caroline Nice 14. 5. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Solomon Mertz 67, Lisle, DuPage, IL, Salome 43, George 22, Daniel 21, Edward 19, Alice 17, Clara A 15, Angelia 13, Ida 8, Ella 6, Lula 4.

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Name: Solomon E Mertz (H6a3a)1,2,3 ————————————————————————— Birth: Dec 1835 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 17 Jun 1923 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Doland Cemetery, Spink Co, SD Father: Solomon Mertz (H6a3) (1813-1890) Mother: Lucy Ann Butz (1816-1854)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know Solomon as the son of Solomon from his presence in his father’s 1850 household. He is designated H6a3a.


Relocated and Census Tracking He started out in DuPage, IL, moved to Kankakee County, IL and then finally lived and died in Spink County, SD.

Death and Find-a-Grave Solomon and his wife Barbara are on find-a-grave.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Barbara Shatz ————————————————————————— Birth: 12 Apr 1840 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Marriage: 12 Oct 1856 DuPage, IL Marr Memo: (Illinois Marriage Index, Ancestry.com) Death: 5 Apr 1901 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Doland Cemetery, Spink Co, SD

Sources 1. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Solomon Mertz, 33, Milton, DuPage, IL, Barbary 26, Elen 12, Daniel 10, Anna 8, Clara 2. 2. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Solomon Mertz, 44, Manteno, Kankakee, IL, Barbara 36, Daniel 20, Emma 18, Clara 13. 3. 1900 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Born (mmm yr), # yr Married, Female # Children/# Living, Birthplace, Additional Persons, Marital Status), Solomon Mertz, 64, Spring, Spink, SD, Barbara A 60, Glen 11, Mora 9, Wm Ellis Lee, 11, Benjamin W Lee 9.

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Name: Franklin B Mertz (H6a3b)1,2,3 ————————————————————————— Birth: 1838 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 1929 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Linwood Park Cemetery, Boone, IA Father: Solomon Mertz (H6a3) (1813-1890) Mother: Lucy Ann Butz (1816-1854)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know Frank as the son of Solomon from his presence in his father’s household in 1850 and 1860. He is designated H6a3b.


Relocated and Census Tracking He started out in DuPage County, IL and then found his way to Iowa by 1900 and is buried in Iowa.

He and Annie are in the same cemetery where his cousin Isaac (H1d5) was also buried. Interesting.

Death and Find-a-Grave He and his wife Annie are on find-a-grave.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Anna Barbara Hirtzel ————————————————————————— Birth: 13 Aug 1846 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Marriage: 28 Dec 1865 DuPage, IL Marr Memo: (Illinois Marriage Index on Ancestry.com) Death: 1 Nov 1821 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Linwood Park Cemetery, Boone, IA

Parent-Proof Her maiden name is known from her marriage record and given on find-a-grave.

Sources 1. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Franklin Mertz, 30, Lisle, DuPage, IL, Ann 23, Earl 1. 2. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Frank Mertz, 40, Lisle, DuPage, IL, Annie 32, Earl F 11, Jessie 9, Stella 6, Roy 4. 3. 1900 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Born (mmm yr), # yr Married, Female # Children/# Living, Birthplace, Additional Persons, Marital Status), Frank B Mertz, 60, Paton, Greene, IA, Anna B 51, Ray E 23, Guy J 19.

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Name: William Harrison Mertz (H6a3c)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 5 Feb 1841 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 14 Oct 1929 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Lisle Cemetery, Lisle, IL Father: Solomon Mertz (H6a3) (1813-1890) Mother: Lucy Ann Butz (1816-1854)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know William as Solomon’s son from his presence in his father’s 1850 and 1860 household. He is designated H6a3c.


Relocated and Census Tracking He lived his life in DuPage County.

Death and Find-a-Grave William and his wife Louise are on find-a-grave.

-------------------------------------------------- Spouse: Louise Gross -------------------------------------------------- Birth: 11 Jan 1843 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Marriage: 28 Dec 1865 DuPage, IL Marr Memo: (Illinois Marriage Index on Ancestry.com) Death: 13 Jan 1915 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Lisle Cemetery, Lisle, IL

Sources 1. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Wm Mertz, 29, Lisle, DuPage, IL, Louisa 27, Birtha 3, Charlotte 1. 2. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), William H Mertz, 39, Lisle, DuPage, IL, Louisa 37, Bertha 13, Charlotte 11, Olive 9.

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Name: Owen W Mertz (H6a3d)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 17 Jun 1844 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 24 Apr 1919 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Lisle Cemetery, Lisle, IL Father: Solomon Mertz (H6a3) (1813-1890) Mother: Lucy Ann Butz (1816-1854)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know Owen as Solomon’s son from his presence in his father’s 1850 and 1860 household. He is designated H6a3d.


Relocated and Census Tracking He lived his life in DuPage County.

Death and Find-a-Grave Owen and his wife Susanna are on find-a-grave.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Susanna E Schuster ————————————————————————— Birth: 1847 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 1900 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Lisle Cemetery, Lisle, IL

Sources 1. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Oven Mertz, 25, Milton, DuPage, IL, Susan 24, Albert 3, Getta 2 plus four other people including Elizabeth Schuster, 50. 2. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Owen Mortz, 35, Milton, DuPage, IL, Susan 32, Albert 13, Gertie 12, Cornilia 8, Laura 5, Sedilia 2.

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Name: Henry M Mertz (H6a3e)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 14 Mar 1845 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 30 Sep 1911 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Dawson Cemetery, Greene Co, IA Father: Solomon Mertz (H6a3) (1813-1890) Mother: Lucy Ann Butz (1816-1854)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know Henry as Solomon’s son from his presence in his father’s 1850 and 1860 household. He is designated H6a3e.


Relocated and Census Tracking He started out in DuPage Count then moved to Iowa.

Death and Find-a-Grave Henry and his wife are on find-a-grave.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Sarah (Salome) Schuster ————————————————————————— Birth: 6 Jun 1847 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Marriage: 17 May 1866 DuPage, IL Marr Memo: (Illinois Marriage Index, Ancestry.com) Death: 7 Dec 1919 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Dawson Cemetery, Greene Co, IA

Sources 1. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Henry Mertz, 24, Lisle, DuPage, IL, Sarah 20, Lenora 3, Logan 1. 2. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Henry Mertz, 34, Jefferson, Greene, IA, Sarah 30, Linia 13, Logan 12, Carry 7, Walter 4, Laura 1.

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Name: Elias Mertz (H6a4)1,2,3,4 ————————————————————————— Birth: 13 Sep 1815 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 5 Dec 1883 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, PA Father: Heinrich Mertz (H6a) (1782-1844) Mother: Hannah Dorney (1783-1844)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation Elias was named as a son of Heinrich in the Lehigh County history. He is designated H6a4.

Discrepancies I found a marriage record of Elias to Lydia Roth 7 Sep 1830. It must be this Elias but from the 1850 and later Census his wife was Sophia and death certificates of several children confirm her name. Lydia must have been his first wife who died young.


Known Sons From the 1850 Census, there were three sons:

H6a4a Lewis 1838 H6a4b Milton 1844 H6a4c Hiram 1846

————————————————————————— Spouse: Sophia Bortz —————————————————————————

Parent-Proof Five death certificates of her children give her name as Sophia Bortz in three cases, Sarah Bortz in one and Sophia Gortz in one.

Death and Find-a-Grave There was an obituary for her on find-a-grave which was posted on a duplicate memorial for her father-in-law and which got lost when that duplicate memorial was deleted. I managed to copy it before it’s deletion. It contains a lot of useful information.

“Mrs. Sophie Mertz, widow of Elias Mertz, died in January, 1911, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. James S. Biery, No 248 North Fourth Street.

The end came peacefully after a long life well spent in doing good. Mrs. Mertz was one of the old residents, having been almost 94 years old. She was very active until July, 1908, and did her house work, visited and received visitors, attended services in her church, Trinity United Evangelical, and was in full possession of all her faculties, her sight and hearing being very good, her memory retentive and her mind clear.

Mrs. Mertz was born August 17, 1817, at Wescoesville, in Lower Macungie Township. Her parents were Christopher and Catharine (Ueberoth) Bortz. She married Elias Mertz 75 years ago. He was a son of general Henry Mertz, whose home was the present poor house property. Their first home was at Dorneysville, where Mr. Mertz conducted a store. Moving to Allentown in the 40's he opened a general

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store and lived at 725 Hamilton Street, which place was wiped out by the fire of June 1, 1848. Later he conducted a shoe store in Odd Fellows Hall, also at 831, 841, and 819 Hamilton street. Mr. Mertz was the pioneer shoe manufacturer of Allentown. He served three terms as Alderman of the Fourth and Seventh Wards and was secretary of several building associations and a pillar of Salem Evangelical Church. He died Dec. 5, 1883.

They had ten children. Five preceded the mother in death: Jeremiah died in infancy July 16, 1845; Alice, February 15, 1873; Amanda, wife of Peter Hartman, July 10, 1885; Milton H., twelve years ago, and Lewis H., June 8, 1910. The five children surviving are Angelina M. widow of Hon. James S. Biery; Emma, widow of James N. Hersh; Hiram A. and James E. of this city, and Ella wife of Charles A. Horn, of Philadelphia. There are also 18 grandchildren and 36 great-grandchildren. Three of her sons served their country during the Civil War. Lewis was in Company K, Fifty-Fourth Regiment, was captured at Little Cacapon, MD., and held in Libby Prison. Hiram and Milton served under Colonels Good and Gobin in the Fifty-Seventh Regiment in South Carolina, Florida, Louisiana, and the Shenandoah Valley.

Mrs. Mertz was confirmed in the Lutheran faith at the Salisbury Church but soon after moving to Allentown she connected with Salem Evangelical Church, transferring to Trinity United Evangelical after the disruption of 1894. She was a faithful wife, mother and neighbor, and was a Christian in every sense of the word, striving by counsel and deed, by word and example to exemplify the light that shone within her. She exerted a pure, wholesome influence on those who came in contact with her. She leaves to her posterity a rich legacy of life well spent that is well worthy of their emulation.”

Sources 1. 1850 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Elias Mertz, 35, Allentown, Lehigh, PA, Sophia 32, Lewis 12, Angelina 10, Amanda 8, Milton 6, Hiram 4, Anna Jane 2. 2. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Elias Mertz, 44, Allentown Ward 4, Lehigh, PA, Sophia 39, Lewis 22, Angleine 19, Amanda 18, Milton 14, Hiram 13, Emma 10, James 9, Alice 7, Ellen 6. 3. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Elias Mertz, 53, Allentown, Lehigh, PA, Sophia 52, Louis 30, James 19, Alice 16, Ellie 15. 4. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Elias Mertz, 64, Allentown, Lehigh, PA, Sophia 62.

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Name: Lewis H Mertz (H6a4a)1 ————————————————————————— Birth: 25 Dec 1838 Birth Memo: (tombstone, death certificate say 25 Dec 1837) Death: 4 Jun 1910 Death Memo: (find-a-grave and death certificate) Burial: Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, PA Father: Elias Mertz (H6a4) (1815-1883) Mother: Sophia Bortz

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know Lewis as the son of Elias from his presence in his father’s 1850-1870 household. He is designated H6a4a.

His death certificate confirms he was the son of Elias and Sophia (Bortz) Mertz.


Death and Find-a-Grave Lewis and his wife are on find-a-grave.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Catharine ————————————————————————— Birth: 9 Aug 1839 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 11 Jun 1926 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, PA

Sources 1. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Louis Mertz 42, PA, Lehigh, Allentown, Catharine 35, Clara 6, Eva 11m.

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Name: Milton Mertz (H6a4b)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 10 Aug 1844 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 22 Jul 1899 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, PA Father: Elias Mertz (H6a4) (1815-1883) Mother: Sophia Bortz

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know Milton as the son of Elias from his presence in his father’s 1850 and 1860 household. He is designated H6a4b.


Death and Find-a-Grave Milton is on find-a-grave.

Sources 1. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Milton Mertz, 25, Allentown, Lehigh, PA, Emma 25 live with Levi Buchman age 53 (her father?). 2. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Milton H Mertz, 32, Allentown, Lehigh, PA, Emma M 32.

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Name: Hiram A Mertz (H6a4c)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 18 Jun 1846 Birth Memo: (PA death certificate, find-a-grave has 15 Jun 1846) Death: 15 Feb 1913 Death Memo: (PA death certificates) Burial: Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, PA Father: Elias Mertz (H6a4) (1815-1883) Mother: Sophia Bortz

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know Hiram as the son of Elias from his presence in his father’s 1850 and 1860 household. He is designated H6a4c.

In addition, his death certificate says he was the son of Elias and Sophia (Gortz) Mertz.


Death and Find-a-Grave Hiram and his first wife Susan are on find-a-grave.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Susan ————————————————————————— Birth: 18 Sep 1843 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 10 Mar 1875 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, PA

Sources 1. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Hiram Mertz, 23, Allentown, Lehigh, PA, Susan 26, Joseph 6m. 2. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Hiram Mertz, 33, Allentown, Lehigh, PA, Leana 31, Harvey 6, Walter Baron 18.

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Name: William Mertz (H6a5)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 6 Mar 1817 Birth Memo: (RMR) Death: 12 May 1863 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, PA Father: Heinrich Mertz (H6a) (1782-1844) Mother: Hannah Dorney (1783-1844)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation William was named as a son of Heinrich in the Lehigh County history. His baptism and that of his twin brother Edward at Jordan Lutheran Church was found and transcribed in the RMR Masterwork “Mertz-Martz Notes”. William is designated H6a5.

Relocated and Census Tracking Though his name was spelled Motz in 1850, I’m sure it’s him as he lives immediately next door to David “Mortz”. Both in South Whitehall, both the right age, both with a wife of the right name. Living with William and his wife Sarah was Leah Hunsberger, another confirmation. And finally the names and ages of their children in 1850 carry-through to 1860 when William was then named Mertz.


Death and Find-a-Grave He is on find-a-grave. He is buried in the same cemetery as his brother David S. He died as a result of an illness contracted during his service in the Civil War, apparently. A newspaper clipping there says he was in his 47th year, consistent with his 1817 birth date, though, from which a birth year of 1816 was calculated on find-a-grave.

Known Sons William had three sons born before the 1850 Census. I am unable to track one of them, Jeremiah, after 1860. The obituary of Daniel F Mertz says one of his brothers — not named — died in the Civil War. I have found record that Jeremiah served in the same unit as Daniel F and that Daniel F was taken prisoner at Chancellorsville and I have a strong suspicion that maybe Jeremiah is the brother who died and quite possibly at that battle.

The two sons I can track further are:

H6a5a Daniel F born 1846 H6a5b Josiah born 1849

————————————————————————— Spouse: Sarah Hunsberger3,4 —————————————————————————

Parent-Proof The death certificate of John S Mertz (22 Mar 1856 - 2 Jul 1918) lists his parents as William Mertz and Sarah Hunsberger. The death certificate of their son Charles Franklin gives his parents’ names as William Mertz and Sarah Anna Hunsberger.

I wonder if the Mary Ann Harshberger in Henry’s will was really Hunsberger and note that Leah Hunsberger lived with William in 1850, it sort of all almost ties together.

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Sources 1. 1850 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), William Motz, 33, South Whitehall, Lehigh, PA, Sarah 27, Jeremiah H 6, Denial F 3, Josiah W 1, Leha Hunsberger 14. 2. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Wm Mertz, 42, Allentown Ward 3, Lehigh, PA, Sarah 38, Jeremiah 17, Daniel 14, Josiah 11, Charles 8, Sarah 6, John 4, Lea 4, Mary Shiffert 44. 3. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Sarah Mertz, 48, Allentown, Lehigh, PA, Sarah 16, John 14, Leah 12, William 9. 4. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Sarah Mertz, 58, Allentown, Lehigh, PA, Lea J 22, William 19.

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Name: Daniel F Mertz (H6a5a)1 ————————————————————————— Birth: 1846 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 1900 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Shenango Valley Cemetery, Greenville, PA Father: William Mertz (H6a5) (1817-1863) Mother: Sarah Hunsberger

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know Daniel F as the son of William from his presence in his father’s household in 1850 and 1860. He is designated H6a5a.

Relocated and Census Tracking He was identified as G Daniel Mertz n the 1880 Census but it sure looks like F Daniel to me.


Death and Find-a-Grave Daniel and his wife Mary A are on find-a-grave.

I found an obituary for him.

“Daniel F. Mertz. a former resident of Allentown, son of .William and Sarah A. Mertz. and brother of Josiah Mertz of Wilkes-Barre, Chas. Mertz of Pittsburg, William H. Mertz of Boston, and John S. Mertz and Mrs. Rev. J. H. Shirey of Allentown, died Wednesday at Greenville, Mercer County, where he resided with his family for 22 years. His aged mother, who lives at 813 Allen Street, and his brother John started for Greenville Thursday morning to attend the funeral, which will take place next Saturday. Deceased was a native of South Whitehall, and with his father and two brothers served in the Civil War. A brother was killed at Poco-taligo and his father died from sickness contracted in the war. Deceased was for a time confined in the Rebel prison at Andersonville. He was a member of the 47th Regiment.”

————————————————————————— Spouse: Mary Ann Sanders ————————————————————————— Birth: 1852 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 1931 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Shenango Valley Cemetery, Greenville, PA

Parent-Proof The death certificate of Florence Mertz, who is linked to Daniel F and Mary A on find-a-grave as their daughter, says her parents were Daniel Mertz and Mary Ann Sanders and that she was born in Allentown.

Sources 1. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), G Daniel Mertz, 32, Hempfield, Mercer, PA, Mary 28, E Anna 9, M Flora 8, R Edwin 5m.

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Name: Josiah Mertz (H6a5b)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 1849 Birth Memo: (age 58 at death) Death: 30 Sep 1907 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Wilkes-Barre City Cemetery, Wilkes-Barre, PA Father: William Mertz (H6a5) (1817-1863) Mother: Sarah Hunsberger

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know Josiah as William’s son from his presence in his father’s household in 1850 and 1860. He is designated H6a5b.


Relocated and Census Tracking I would never have been sure I had found Josiah in Census except the obituary of his brother placed him in Wilkes-Barre where I found him in 1870 and 1900.

Death and Find-a-Grave Josiah is on find-a-grave.

Sources 1. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Josiah Merits, 26, Wilkes-Barre Ward 2, Luzerne, PA, single, boarder, plumber. 2. 1900 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Born (mmm yr), # yr Married, Female # Children/# Living, Birthplace, Additional Persons, Marital Status), Josiah Mertz, 50, Wilkes-Barre Ward 11, Luzerne, PA, single, boarder, plumber.

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Name: Edward Mertz (H6a6)1,2,3,4 ————————————————————————— Birth: 6 Mar 1817 Birth Memo: (RMR record of baptism and find-a-grave) Death: 1 Oct 1896 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Oakwood Cemetery, Henry Co, IL Father: Heinrich Mertz (H6a) (1782-1844) Mother: Hannah Dorney (1783-1844)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation His baptism 25 May 1817 was recorded at Jordan Church in Whitehall Township. He is designated H6a6.

Relocated and Census Tracking He was in DuPage County, IL by 1850 and then moved to Henry County, IL by 1880. He is buried there.


Death and Find-a-Grave He is on find-a-grave and his date of birth matches, well resonates, with his baptism record. His wife and several of their children are linked to them.

Known Sons From the 1850 Census, Edward had two sons born before then:

H6a6a Wellington born 1844 H6a6b Levi and Levi 1848

————————————————————————— Spouse: Sarah Setzer ————————————————————————— Birth: 29 Sep 1822 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 24 Feb 1925 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Oakwood Cemetery, Henry Co, IL

Parent-Proof It says on find-a-grave that she was the daughter of John and Susanna (Gerhard) Setzer.

Sources 1. 1850 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Edward Mertz, 34, DuPage, DuPage, IL, Sarah 27, Mary 8, Wellington 6, Matilda 5, Levi 3, Amelia new born. 2. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Edwd Mertz, 43, Lisle, DuPage, IL, Sarah 37, Mary A 17, Wellington 15, Matilda 14, Levi 12, Amelia 10, Allen 5, Ellen 3, Lydia 8m. 3. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Edward Mertz, 53, Downers Grove, DuPage, IL, Sarah 47, Wellington 25, Matilda 23, Allen 14, Ellen 12, Lydia 10, Louis 7.

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4. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Edward Mertz, 63, Geneseo, Henry, IL, Sarah 57, Allen 24, Lewis 16, Wesley 9.

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Name: Wellington Mertz (H6a6a)1 ————————————————————————— Birth: 25 Sep 1844 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 17 Jan 1917 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Oakwood Cemetery, Henry Co, IL Father: Edward Mertz (H6a6) (1817-1896) Mother: Sarah Setzer (1822-1925)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know Wellington as the son of Edward from his presence in his father’s household in 1850-1870. He is designated H6a6a.

Relocated and Census Tracking Wellington was in Kansas by 1880 but back in Illinois by 1900.

Death and Find-a-Grave Wellington and his wife are on find-a-grave.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Anna Painter ————————————————————————— Birth: 18 Sep 1847 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Marriage: 31 Dec 1878 Henry Co, IL Marr Memo: (Illinois Marriage Index, Ancestry.com) Death: 20 Oct 1922 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Oakwood Cemetery, Henry Co, IL

Sources 1. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Wellington Mertz, 38, Trenton, Edwards, KS, Anna 32.

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Name: Levi Mertz (H6a6b)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 17 Feb 1848 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 17 Oct 1927 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Naperville Cemetery, Naperville, IL Father: Edward Mertz (H6a6) (1817-1896) Mother: Sarah Setzer (1822-1925)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know Levi as the son of Edward from his presence in his father’s household in 1850 and 1860. He is designated H6a6b.


Death and Find-a-Grave Levi is on find-a-grave. There is an extensive biography for him there. The interesting thing to me is that it says his forbears came to America in 1732. I would say John Henry Mertz was his immigrant forbear and he came in 1737.

But it is possible that John Henry had a brother John George who came in 1732. Did Levi believe he descended from John George and knew the date of his immigration? Or, was the 1737 date just lost to his history and it became 1732 in their family tradition as it got relayed from generation to generation?

————————————————————————— Spouse: Lydia A Faul ————————————————————————— Birth: Mar 1853 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Marriage: 1 Jan 1878 Cook Co, IL Marr Memo: (Illinois Marriage Index, Ancestry.com) Death: 23 Feb 1944 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Naperville Cemetery, Naperville, IL

Parent-Proof She was the daughter of Henry and Eva Faul per her find-a-grave memorial.

Sources 1. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Levi Mertz, 22, Downers Grove, DuPage, IL lives with Henry Faul family. 2. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Levi Mertz, 32, Downers Grove, DuPage, IL, Lydia 27.

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Name: John Martz (H6b)1,2,3,4,5 ————————————————————————— Birth: 25 Sep 1786 Birth Memo: (tombstone) Death: 9 Jun 1866 Mahoning Co, OH Death Memo: (tombstone) Burial: Mount Moriah Lutheran, Berlin Center, OH Father: George Heinrich Mertz (H6) (1755-1827) Mother: Eva Barbara Guth (1749-1826)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation A John Martz (March on his tombstone) is buried in Mahoning County, OH and from his tombstone there was born 25 Sep 1786. DNA of a direct male Martz descendant proves that John of Mahoning County was of what I call the Mertz Church group of Mertzes (at this point meaning a descendant of either John Henry Mertz or Jost Mertz).

I have tried hard over the years to figure out who his father was and pursued several theories, none of which panned out. It has long been a mystery. He seems to have lived briefly in Dauphin County, PA prior to moving to Ohio. There are two other early Martzes in Dauphin County — Daniel who I know as a son of John Philip, son of John Henry, and Jacob born 1777 who for now is also a mystery man and I have no idea who his father was either.

Then in early 2016, I learned two things I had not known before.

1. John and his wife Elizabeth (Bieber) baptized a daughter Catharine at Jerusalem Lutheran Church in Western Salisbury, then Northampton County in 1810. This is the church of the family of George Henry Mertz (H6).

2. When Jacob Bieber, Elizabeth’s grandfather, wrote his will it was witnessed by George Henry Mertz. His will proved in 1798 in Northampton County.

So, these two new facts both link John to George Henry. And George Henry is one of those persons for which I have never found any document which would name all his sons. His only son I know of for a fact is Heinrich born 1782 but there may well have been others and a son John born in 1786 not only cannot be ruled out, it seems to me a real possibility.

Based on my theory that he was the son of George Heinrich, John is designated H6b.

Relocated and Census Tracking I woman named Pat Williams, a descendant of this couple, contacted me in maybe about 2005 and her theory was that John was the son of Abraham of that name baptized at Longswamp Reformed. She knew the baptism record gave a date of 8 Jan 1787 and she felt that was quite a reasonable date for someone born in Sep 1786 to have been baptized.

But pretty quickly it became clear there were two big problems with her theory. From the records, it was clear that 8 Jan 1787 was John’s birth date, no baptism date was given. Moreover, Pat’s brother Richard Martz had his DNA tested and he does not match any of the other Longswamp descendants who had their DNA tested (including me) and in fact he does match all of the Mertz Church descendants so I think that totally debunks any suggestion that John March was the son of Abraham.

And one other thing. His wife, Elizabeth Bieber, was baptized at Mertz Church. Obviously it’s possible that a man from Longswamp married a girl from Rockland but placed beside all

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the other evidence here, it seems more likely that John was of one of the Mertz Church families.

There was a John Mertz listed in the 1810 Census in Sallisberry (sic) Township, Northampton County. His and his presumed wife’s reported age of 26-44 is one bracket too old for John who would have been 24 and Elizabeth 22. But I have seen similar errors before. Since I have no idea who John of Salisbury was if not this John, that is my guess.

1820. I have reason to believe his son was born in Dauphin County in 1815 so I am guessing he is the John Martz (indexed by Ancestry as Marty) living in West Hanover Township in 1820.

I haven’t looked real hard for him after that. I don’t really see him in 1830, there was a John March but age 30-39, too young for the father, too old for the son. In 1840, he was in Columbiana County, predecessor to Mahoning. Then in 1850 and 1860 he lived with different sons in Berlin, Mahoning County.


Death and Find-a-Grave A man named John March is buried in Mahoning County, Ohio and his tombstone says: March, John d.9 June 1866, 79y 8m 15d. [This implies a birth date of 25 Sep 1786.] Next to him is his wife whose tombstone says: Mertz, Elizabeth wife of John d.8 Sept 1840 51y 9m 24d. [This implies a birth date of 15 Nov 1788.] So, despite his name being March on his tombstone, I think his wife’s name and his sons’ names all prove he was really John Martz.

I found the details of his tombstone in a transcription from that cemetery. He is not on find-a grave.

Known Daughters The Catherine born in 1810 and baptized at Jerusalem Lutheran Church, daughter of John and Elizabeth with Johann Bieber and wife as sponsors, is the only one I know of.

Known Sons There are several younger Mertz males in the 1850 and 1860 Census that could be sons of John’s.

I’m certain of four of them:

H6b1 John born 1815 H6b2 Daniel born 181 H6b3 Solomon born 1827 H6b4 Elias born 1833

There is a Philip Merts born about 1832 in Census and on find-a-grave in Mahoning County but not in Berlin and I have nothing else to tie him to John. He says he was born in Pennsylvania but I think John was already in Ohio by then. Elias, for example, born 1833, says he was born in Ohio.

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————————————————————————— Spouse: Elizabeth Bieber6 ————————————————————————— Birth: 19 Nov 1788 Mertz Church, Rockland Twp, Berks Co, PA Birth Memo: (baptism) Death: 8 Sep 1840 Mahoning Co, OH Death Memo: (tombstone) Burial: Mount Moriah Lutheran, Berlin Center, OH Father: Dewald Bieber

Parent-Proof At Mertz Church, there is this citation: Elisabeth Bieber of Dewald Bieber (Jacob's son) and Elisabeth, born 19 Nov 1788, bapt 3 Dec. Sponsor: Christian Seibert.

After the death of Jacob Bieber, whose will mentioned his deceased son Dewalt’s daughter Elisabeth, Elizabeth wife of Johannes Mertz signed a release in 1812.

So we know that Elizabeth Bieber born 19 Nov 1788 (according to her baptism record) married Johannes Mertz (according to her release). Moreover, we know that Johannes and Elizabeth (Bieber) Mertz had a son John born in 1815 in Dauphin County, PA. And we know that Elizabeth Mertz wife of John is buried in Mahoning County, OH and her tombstone gives a birth date just a day or two off from the church record. Finally, a younger John Mertz, age 34, was listed in the 1850 Census in Mahoning County and he most certainly was the son of this Mahoning County couple baptized in Dauphin County.

The slight discrepancy in her birth date bothers me not at all. I think this Mahoning County couple is one and the same as the couple who signed the release in 1812. All the dots are connected.

Sources 1. 1810 Census, (HOH, Place, 0-9 M/F, 10-15 M/F, 16-25 M/F, 26-44 M/F, 45+ M/F), John Mertz, Sallisberry Two, Northampton Co, PA, 1/1, 2/3, 0/0, 1/1, 0/0. 2. 1820 Census, (HOH, Place, 0-9 M/F, 10-15 M/F, 16-18 M, 16-25 M/F, 26-44 M/F, 45+ M/F), John Marty, West Hanover Twp, Dauphin Co, PA, 3/2, 0/2, 0/0, 1/1, 0/0 . 3. 1840 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age Bracket Males/Females), John March, St Clair Twp, Columbiana Co, OH, <5M, 5-9M, 30-39M, 5-9F, 20-29F. 4. 1850 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), John March, 63, Berlin, Mahoning, OH, Daniel 32, Ester 30, Elias 17. 5. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), John Merty, 79 Berlin, Mahoning, OH l/w Solomon. 6. Church Records: Jerusalem Lutheran and Reformed, Western Salisbury, (now) Lehigh County, PA, Repository: Google Books on-line..History of Jerusalem..., Catherine d/o Johann and Elisabeth Mertz b.3 Jan 1810 bp.25 Feb 1810 sp. Johann Bieber and wife.

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Name: John Martz (H6b1)1,2,3,4 ————————————————————————— Birth: 26 Aug 1815 Dauphin Co, PA5 Birth Memo: (birth certificate, in agreement with find-a-grave) Death: 27 Sep 1899 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Old Union, Huntingdon Co, IN Father: John Martz (H6b) (1786-1866) Mother: Elizabeth Bieber (1788-1840)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation A descendant of his sent me his birth certificate — a German fraktur — giving his date of birth, place of birth and names of his parents, a wonderful find.

He is designated H6b1.

Relocated and Census Tracking He moved to Huntingdon County, Indiana.


Death and Find-a-Grave There is a memorial for him on find-a-grave. The person who created it didn’t do the arithmetic right and computed his birth date as 28 Aug 1815 from his date of death and age as stated on his tombstone. But the arithmetic actually confirms 26 Aug from his birth certificate. I submitted an edit and got it corrected.

Known Sons In the 1850 Census, he had two sons. One was Daniel born about 1844. He was still with his father in the 1860 Census and then disappears. Despite the fact that the family had moved to Indiana, I believe Daniel died in 1870 and is the Daniel (1844-1870) buried in Mahoning County, OH.

The other:

H6b1a John born 1850

————————————————————————— Spouse: Margaret Keller ————————————————————————— Birth: 10 Feb 1818 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 3 Feb 1890 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Old Union, Huntingdon Co, IN

Parent-Proof Descendants tell me her name was Keller.

Sources 1. 1850 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), John Martz, 34, Greene, Mahoning, OH, Margaret 33, Catharine 8, Daniel 6, Sarah 4, John new born.

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2. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), John Martz, 44, Jackson, Huntingdon, IN, Margaret 42, Catharine 18, Daniel 16, Sarah A 14, John 10, Cornelius 8, Aaron 5, Clara 1. 3. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), John Marts, 54, Jackson, Huntington, IN, Margaret 52, Catherine 27, Sarah Ann 24, John 20, Cornelius 18. Aaron 14, Clara H 11. 4. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), John Martz, 64, Jackson, Huntington, IN, Margaret 62, Clara 21, Frank 16. 5. Vital Record “Actual Birth Certificate,” Repository: I have a copy in my files, German fraktur says Johannes Martz b.26 Aug 1815, s/o Johannes and Elizabeth (Bieber) Martz in Hanover Twp, Dauphin Co, PA.

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Name: John Henry Mertz (H6b1a)1 ————————————————————————— Birth: 9 Aug 1849 Trumball Co, OH Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 10 Jun 1917 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Old Union, Huntingdon Co, IN Father: John Martz (H6b1) (1815-1899) Mother: Margaret Keller (1818-1890)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know John as the son of John from his presence in his father’s household in 1850-1870. He is designated H6b1a.


Death and Find-a-Grave John s on find-a-grave.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Alice (Annis) Northcutt ————————————————————————— Birth: 28 Sep 1848 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Marriage: 4 Apr 1870 Huntington Co, IN Marr Memo: (Indiana Marriage Index, Ancestry.com) Death: 12 Oct 1891 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Old Union, Huntingdon Co, IN

Parent-Proof I was told by a descendant John’s wife was Helena Geist. Perhaps she was his second wife. His first wife was Alice Northcutt I believe, called Annis in Census.

Sources 1. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), John Martz, 29, Jackson, Huntington, IN, Annis 31, Manassih M 5, Joshua S 4, Vincen W 2, Celesta May 8.

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Name: Daniel Martz (H6b2)1,2 ————————————————————————— Birth: 1818 Birth Memo: (age in Census) Death: 1865 Death Memo: (present in 1860, not in 1870) Father: John Martz (H6b) (1786-1866) Mother: Elizabeth Bieber (1788-1840)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know Daniel as the son of John from his presence in his father’s household in 1850. He is designated H6b2.


Relocated and Census Tracking I find him in the 1850 and 1860 Census. He then disappears.

In 1850, he lived with his brother Elias and father John. There was also an Ester living with him of the same age. I don’t know if she was his sister or his wife.

Death and Find-a-Grave I do not think he is on find-a-grave.

Sources 1. 1850 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Daniel March, 32, Berlin, Mahoning, OH, Ester 30, Elias 17, John 63. 2. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Daniel Merty, 42, Berlin, Mahoning, OH lives alone.

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Name: Samuel Martz (H6b3)1,2,3,4 ————————————————————————— Birth: 14 Apr 1821 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 14 Mar 1869 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Mt Moriah Cemetery, Machining Co, OH Father: John Martz (H6b) (1786-1866) Mother: Elizabeth Bieber (1788-1840)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation From his age and geographic presence in Berlin, it would be a good guess he was John’s son. And that is what it says on his find-a-grave memorial. He is designated H6a3.


Death and Find-a-Grave Samuel is on find-a-grave.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Ann Catherine Kimmel ————————————————————————— Birth: 23 Jan 1822 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 1 Dec 1892 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Mt Moriah Cemetery, Machining Co, OH

Parent-Proof She is identified as the daughter of John and Sarah (Messenger) Kimmel on her find-a-grave memorial.

Sources 1. 1850 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Samuel Marsh, 28, Berlin, Mahoning, OH, Catharine 28. 2. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Samuel March, 32, Berlin, Mahoning, OH, Catharine 28, Hannah 9, Maria 4. 3. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Catherine Martz, 48, Berlin, Mahoning, OH, Hannah 17, live with John Rimmel (Kimmel?) family. 4. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons).

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Name: Solomon Martz (H6b4)1,2,3,4 ————————————————————————— Birth: 1828 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 1 Aug 1864 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Mt Moriah Cemetery, Machining Co, OH Father: John Martz (H6b) (1786-1866) Mother: Elizabeth Bieber (1788-1840)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know Solomon as John’s son from the fact that John was living with him in 1860. It also says so on find-a-grave. Solomon is designated H6b4.


Relocated and Census Tracking I can find Solomon in 1850 and 1860 and then I think it is his widow Mary and son Joshua who then appear.

Death and Find-a-Grave Solomon and his wife are on find-a-grave. His memorial gives a biography that says he died of wounds from the Civil War.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Mary Ann ————————————————————————— Birth: 3 Nov 1827 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 15 Jul 1900 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Mt Moriah Cemetery, Machining Co, OH

Parent-Proof Her obituary says she is survived by her son J D Martz. He, I’m quite sure, is Joshua from the 1870 Census and then he can be traced through Census and his on find-a-grave buried in St Clair Co, MI.

Sources 1. 1850 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Solomon Marsh, 23, Berlin, Mahoning, OH, Mary A 22. 2. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Solomon Merty, 33, Berlin, Mahoning, OH Mary A 32, Sarah E 6, Lucy A Grunameyer 18, John Merty 79. 3. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Mary Martz, 43, Berlin, Mahoning, OH, Joshua 6. 4. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Marian Martz, 58, Beaver, Mahoning, OH, Joshua 17.

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Name: Elias Martz (H6b5)1,2,3 ————————————————————————— Birth: 14 Jun 1833 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 16 May 1902 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Mt Moriah Cemetery, Machining Co, OH Father: John Martz (H6b) (1786-1866) Mother: Elizabeth Bieber (1788-1840)

Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation We know Daniel as the son of John from his presence in his father’s 1850 household. It also says on his find-a-grave memorial that he was the son of John and Elizabeth. He is designated H6a5.


Death and Find-a-Grave Daniel and his wife Mary are on find-a-grave. A biography for him is given there.

————————————————————————— Spouse: Mary A Baringer ————————————————————————— Birth: 6 Jun 1831 Birth Memo: (find-a-grave) Death: 27 Feb 1908 Death Memo: (find-a-grave) Burial: Mt Moriah Cemetery, Machining Co, OH

Parent-Proof On her find-a-grave memorial, it says she was the daughter of Jonas O and Lydia (Monasmith) Baringer.

Sources 1. 1860 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Additional Persons), Elias Marty, 27, Berlin, Mahoning, OH, Mary A 25. 2. 1870 Census, (HOH, Place, Occ, Age, Prop $, Birthplace, Father Foreign-born, Mother Foreign-born, Additional Persons), Elias Martz, 37, Berlin, Mahoning, OH, Mary A 39. 3. 1880 Census, (HOH, Place, Occupation, Age, Birthplace, Father’s BP, Mother’s BP, Additional Persons), Elias Martz, 50, Berlin, Mahoning, OH, Mary A 46.

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